Actinic keratosis (AK), sometimes called solar keratosis or senile keratosis, is a pre-cancerous area of thick, scaly, or crusty skin. Actinic keratosis...
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refer to: actinic keratosis (also known as solar keratosis), a premalignant condition chronic scar keratosis hydrocarbon keratosis keratosis pilaris (KP...
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Actinic cheilitis is cheilitis (lip inflammation) caused by long term sunlight exposure. Essentially it is a burn, and a variant of actinic keratosis...
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Keratosis pilaris (KP; also follicular keratosis, lichen pilaris, or colloquially chicken skin) is a common, autosomal-dominant, genetic condition of the...
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"senile keratosis" a misnomer. The sign of Leser-Trélat Inverted follicular keratosis is generally thought to be a rare variant of seborrheic keratosis, but...
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Callus (redirect from Intractable plantar keratosis)
non-weight bearing spaces of the feet. Some of this may be caused by actinic keratosis, which occurs due to overexposure to sun or with age and hormonal...
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Actinic elastosis, also known as solar elastosis, is an accumulation of abnormal elastin (elastic tissue) in the dermis of the skin, or in the conjunctiva...
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used to treat genital warts, superficial basal cell carcinoma, and actinic keratosis. Scientists at 3M's pharmaceuticals division discovered the drug and...
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sunlight. Additional risk factors include prior scars, chronic wounds, actinic keratosis, lighter skin susceptible to sunburn, Bowen's disease, exposure to...
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after Heinrich Auspitz. It may also be seen in Darier's disease and actinic keratosis. Importantly, as with many eponymous clinical signs, Heinrich Auspitz...
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