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abrasion
A superficial skin lesion or mucous membrane lesion in which superficial layers of skin or mucous membrane have been scraped away.
Etiology:
- friction
Management:
- nonstick dressing over white petrolatum if wound dressing indicated [2]
Related
friction
General
skin lesion
superficial injury/trauma
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012