Based on the aforementioned criteria, a dermatologic diagnosis requires first of all the recognition of both the primary and the secondary lesions. Once that is done, lesions must be assessed based on:
Morphology: Color, shape, dimensions (width and height, if necessary), elevation/depression, and
palpable features (smoothness, induration, tenderness, scaling, and crusting)
Distribution (body location): Generalized versus localized
Distribution (arrangement to one another): Clustered, confluent, dermatomal
Configuration: Annular, reticular, linear, gyrate
Morphology: Color, shape, dimensions (width and height, if necessary), elevation/depression, and
palpable features (smoothness, induration, tenderness, scaling, and crusting)
Distribution (body location): Generalized versus localized
Distribution (arrangement to one another): Clustered, confluent, dermatomal
Configuration: Annular, reticular, linear, gyrate