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papulopustule en · NOUN

Etymology

From papule + -o- + pustule.

Meanings

1. A small, raised, semisolid skin lesion, representing an intermediate stage between a papule and a pustule.
   • The most common of the eruptive symptoms induced are papulopustule lesions usually discrete, rarely confluent, seen on the face, neck, shoulders, and upper extremities. 1896, Twentieth century practice:
   • An old closed comedo has been shattered at various points along the epithelial lining and is now a papulopustule. 2012, G. Plewig, A.M. Kligman, ACNE and ROSACEA, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 158:
   • Accidental inoculation of an abrasion, cut or open follicle of the skin with virus from a dead body may give rise to the rapid production at the site of poisoning of vesico-papule, papulopustule, furuncle, tubercle, wart or hemorrhagic bleb; or there may be little or no local disturbance, with a rapid development of septicæmia or glandular enlargement. 1902, Henry M. Dearborn, Diseases of the skin: their symptomatology, etiology and diagnosis, with special reference to principles of treatment including full indications for drug remedies:
   • Pyoderma gangrenosum begins as a small papulopustule that expands to form nodules and plaques. 1998, John C. Maize, Cutaneous Pathology:
   • The lesions of PG usually begin as a tender papulopustule with surrounding erythematous or violaceous induration, an erythematous nodule, or a bulla on a violaceous base; the papulopustule may be follicular. 2017, Jean L. Bolognia, Julie V. Schaffer, Lorenzo Cerroni, Dermatology E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN:
   • The primary lesion appears to be a papulopustule which affects the follicle. 1995, Neal S. Penneys, Skin Manifestations Of Aids, Second Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 160:
   • The area is covered with a watchglass held in place by a bandage; in a positive case a papulopustule will develop within 24 to 72 hours, and it will then be easy to demonstrate Ducrey bacilli. 1976, Günter Waldemar Korting, R. Denk, Differential diagnosis in dermatology, W.B. Saunders Company:
   • It is due to a true diphtheritic infection by Corynbacterium diphtheriae, which commences as a papulopustule; within a few days, the top of the papule becomes necrotic and an ulcer forms and the ulcer slowly enlarges, until it attains a diameter of 1–2 cm. 2015, Mahmoud Sakr, Clinical Surgery, JP Medical Ltd, →ISBN, page 399:
   • According to Boeck, the hue of the papulopustule is due to minute capillary hæmorrhages, which later become invisible in consequence of the tumefaction of the overlying integument. 1893, James Nevins Hyde, A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin, for the use of students and practitioners:

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