The nurse just noted from the medical record that the patient has a lesion that is confluent in nature. What should the nurse expect to find upon examination?

A) Lesions that run together
B) Annular lesions that have grown together
C) Lesions arranged in a line along a nerve route
D) Lesions that are grouped or clustered together

Confluent lesions (as with urticaria [hives]) run together. Annular lesions are circular in nature. Zosteriform lesions are arranged along a nerve route. Grouped lesions are clustered together. Annular lesions are circular in nature. Zosteriform lesions are arranged along a nerve route. Grouped lesions are clustered together. A lesion that is confluent runs together, as with urticaria (hives).