Core Dermatology Diagnoses

Core dermatology knowledge and skills expected of all U.S. medical school graduates.

Classifications

Neoplastic Benign and Malignant

  1. Actinic keratosis
  2. Basal cell carcinoma
  3. Café au lait spot
  4. Cherry angioma
  5. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
  6. Dermal melanocytosis
  7. Dermatofibroma
  8. Dermoid cyst
  9. Ephelides (freckle)
  10. Epidermoid cyst
  11. Glomus tumor
  12. Infantile Hemangioma
  13. Keloid
  14. Lipoma
  15. Melanoma
  16. Milia
  17. Neurofibroma (within NF)
  18. Nevus (including congenital melanocytic nevus)
  19. Nevus simplex
  20. Port-wine stain
  21. Pyogenic granuloma
  22. Sebaceous hyperplasia
  23. Skin tag (acrochordon)
  24. Solar lentigos
  25. Sturge-Weber syndrome
  26. Tuberous sclerosis
  27. Xeroderma pigmentosa

Inflammatory

  1. Acanthosis nigricans
  2. Acne vulgaris
  3. Albinism
  4. Alopecia areata
  5. Angioedema
  6. Atopic dermatitis
  7. Bullous pemphigoid
  8. Burns
  9. Contact dermatitis
  10. Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis
  11. Dermatitis herpetiformis
  12. Dermatographism
  13. Dermatomyositis
  14. Discoid lupus erythematosus
  15. Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) and Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome
  16. Erythema multiforme
  17. Erythema nodosum
  18. Erythema toxicum
  19. Granuloma Annulare
  20. Hidradenitis Suppurativa
  21. Ichthyosis Vulgaris
  22. IgA vasculitis
  23. Keratosis pilaris
  24. Lichen planus
  25. Melasma
  26. Morbilliform drug eruption
  27. Neonatal cephalic pustulosis
  28. Pemphigoid gestationis
  29. Pemphigus vulgaris
  30. Perioral dermatitis
  31. Psoriasis
  32. Psychogenic Pruritus
  33. Pyoderma gangrenosum
  34. Raynaud phenomenon
  35. Rosacea
  36. Scleroderma
  37. Seborrheic dermatitis
  38. Stasis dermatitis/ulcers
  39. Stevens-Johnson syndrome
  40. Sunburn
  41. Systemic vasculitis
  42. Toxic epidermal necrolysis
  43. Transient neonatal pustular melanosis
  44. Urticaria
  45. Vitiligo

Infectious

  1. Abscess, furuncle, carbuncle
  2. Candidiasis
  3. Cellulitis
  4. Cutaneous Signs of Endocarditis
  5. Ecthyma
  6. Erysipelas
  7. Erythema infectiosum
  8. Erythema migrans
  9. Folliculitis
  10. Hand, foot and mouth disease
  11. Herpes simplex
  12. Impetigo
  13. Lice
  14. Measles (rubeola)
  15. Molluscum contagiosum
  16. Necrotizing fasciitis
  17. Onychomycosis
  18. Pityriasis rosea
  19. Roseola Infantum
  20. Rubella
  21. Scabies
  22. Scarlet fever
  23. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  24. Syphilis
  25. Tinea (tinea corporis, tinea capitis, tinea cruris, tinea pedis, barbae)
  26. Tinea versicolor
  27. Varicella (primary varicella and varicella zoster)
  28. Wart