What's the difference between macule and papule?

Macule


Definition:

  • (n.) A spot.
  • (n.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.
  • (v.) To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Three types of lesions were observed: red plaques, pityriasis versicolor (PV)-like macules and plane warts.
  • (2) The case also showed characteristic palmar melanotic macules.
  • (3) We report the clinical features, electrophysiologic findings, and dapsone and isoniazid excretion studies in three young people who ingested excessive amounts (2-4 times the prescribed dose) of dapsone for hypopigmented macules and who developed, subacutely, progressive motor neuropathy a few months later.
  • (4) Nodular lesions were found in three patients, who did not have macules.
  • (5) A 44-year-old woman was diagnosed as having unilateral multiple progradient pigmented macules and papules of the upper extremity and adjacent part of the back.
  • (6) The lesions developed as solitary, slowly extending, erythematous macules and plaques, usually occurring on the extremities or the shoulders in adolescents or adults.
  • (7) An asymptomatic macule or patch may be the first recognizable feature.
  • (8) We report a case of a 10-month-old male infant with GM1 type 1 gangliosidosis who also had hyperpigmented macules and patches.
  • (9) In this group, flat melanotic macules around the eyes were located on the opposite parts of the upper and lower eyelids.
  • (10) Hair cell polarization patterns were investigated on the sensory macule of the sacculus and lagena of the lake whitefish.
  • (11) Histological examination using serial sections were performed on 47 cases and showed evidence of dermal melanocytosis in 40 cases (85%) consisting of 33 (70%) without clinically detectable macules and 7 (15%) with obvious pigmented macules.
  • (12) In some HIV-infected patients the cause of the macules might relate to the administration of zidovudine and antifungal or antibacterial drugs.
  • (13) The skin lesions that are often seen are hypopigmented circular macules, measuring approximately 0.5 cm in diameter.
  • (14) This disease, which affects children and teenagers, males as well as females, is characterized by pigmented macules 5-25 mm in diameter, affecting the neck, the trunk and the limbs.
  • (15) We found that the population and structure of melanocytes differ greatly depending on the coloration of the cafĂ©-au-lait macules.
  • (16) Generalized discrete hypopigmented macules forming a camouflage pattern appeared on the skin of a man.
  • (17) A hypopigmented macule on her face along with neuroimaging studies suggested an inflammatory process.
  • (18) Photoactivated psoralens were studied in sixty cases of tuberculoid leprosy for the repigmentation of hypopigmented macules.
  • (19) This article describes the light and electron microscopic studies from a macule and the surrounding lightly hyperpigmented skin of a patient with the Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.
  • (20) Pigmented macules and plaques in the oral cavity, representing the radial growth phase of tumors, often go unrecognized for months or years before tumor invasion.

Papule


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Papula.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sterile, pruritic papules and papulopustules that formed annular rings developed on the back of a 58-year-old woman.
  • (2) The classical form most commonly observed on the buccal, palatal and labial mucosa shows a fine lacework of white papules and lines.
  • (3) Cutaneous macroglobulinosis is characterized by multiple flesh-colored papules on extensor skin surfaces.
  • (4) These lesions are nondescript papules or nodules primarily involving the head and neck areas of young adults.
  • (5) All patients had punch biopsies taken from (1) a lesion containing Sarcoptes scabiei, (2) an inflammatory papule which did not contain a mite, and (3) normal skin.
  • (6) Widespread keratotic papules and striking hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles went unrecognized as a manifestation of tuberculosis, thereby delaying treatment in a patient with AIDS-related complex.
  • (7) Two morphological variants have been observed, typical wart-like flat-topped papules and larger confluent plaques.
  • (8) In 94% of the patients with dermatitis herpetiformis, a locally applied ointment with an ester of nicotinic acid (Trafuril) induced an abnormal reaction with erythema, edema, papules, and often vesicles.
  • (9) A 15-month-old girl had orange papules that formed V-shaped lines on her back.
  • (10) Sixteen cases of pruritic papules of pregnancy were collected during a 32-month period.
  • (11) PUPP is a specific eruptive dermatosis in pregnancy, clinically characterized by erythematous papules and plaques with intense itching in periumbilical localization.
  • (12) The child in an immunocompromised state who develops a red papule, then a black eschar with surrounding erythema, should have immediate biopsy that can easily demonstrate the characteristic hyphal forms.
  • (13) The patient had mild clinical symptoms consisting of numerous pigmented freckles and a small number of seborrheic keratosis-like papules.
  • (14) This favors the proliferation of Propionibacterium acnes which may initiate inflammation in microcomedos and lead to formation of pustules, papules or nodules.
  • (15) A 54-year-old female patient recurrently developed disseminated papules, red-brown in color and partly ulcerous, which spontaneously disappeared after 3-6 weeks.
  • (16) The disease was preceded by an erythema multiforme-like exanthema and urticarial papules.
  • (17) The reduction in number of papules and pustules was not statistically significant on either treatment.
  • (18) Widespread pruritic, urticarial papules developed at times of stress and exercise, each papule being surrounded by a striking blanched vasoconstricted halo.
  • (19) We have recently demonstrated that in pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP) there are multiple dermal fibroblasts with no deposition of mucin.
  • (20) In addition, we discuss the clinical differential diagnosis of multiple firm, skin-colored papules.

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