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Actinic Keratosis

Also Known As
Solar keratosis or sunspots

Description
* Solar or Actinic Keratosis is characterized by small patches of flesh-colored, pink, or slightly darker areas of skin. These occur on sun-exposed areas of the body (face, scalp, back of hands, neck, and chest) and have a sandpaper feel.


Symptoms
* Gray, flesh, or pink-colored localized skin lesions
* Surface of the lesion is flat
* Surface becomes rough like sandpaper
* May become wartlike

Cause
* Long periods of sun exposure
* Light-skinned individuals, the very young, and the elderly are at risk.



How The Diagnosis Is Made
* Made by examination
* If diagnosis is uncertain, a skin biopsy may be performed.

Treatment
* Freezing with liquid nitrogen
* Fluorouracil cream
* Masoprocol cream

Complications
* Rarely, does this condition turn into squamous cell skin cancer (1 in 1000 each year).

Similiar Conditions
* Squamous cell skin cancer
* Bowen's Disease
* Seborrheic Keratosis



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