Keratosis (from kerat- + -osis)[1] is a growth of keratin on the skin or on mucous membranes stemming from keratinocytes, the prominent cell type in the epidermis. More specifically, it can refer to:
actinic keratosis (also known as solar keratosis), a premalignant condition
chronic scar keratosis
hydrocarbon keratosis
keratosis pilaris (KP, also known as follicular keratosis)
seborrheic keratosis, not premalignant
^Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, archived from the original on 2020-05-25, retrieved 2018-03-28.
refer to: actinic keratosis (also known as solar keratosis), a premalignant condition chronic scar keratosis hydrocarbon keratosiskeratosis pilaris (KP, also...
"senile keratosis" a misnomer. The sign of Leser-Trélat Inverted follicular keratosis is generally thought to be a rare variant of seborrheic keratosis, but...
Keratosis pilaris (KP; also follicular keratosis, lichen pilaris, or colloquially chicken skin) is a common, autosomal-dominant, genetic condition of the...
Actinic keratosis (AK), sometimes called solar keratosis or senile keratosis, is a pre-cancerous area of thick, scaly, or crusty skin. Actinic keratosis is...
the ear canal. Keratosis obturans has been classified into four grades depending on the severity of symptoms: The diagnosis of keratosis obturans is clinical...
similarly appearing white lesions that are caused by reactive keratosis (smoker's keratosis or frictional keratoses e.g. morsicatio buccarum) are not considered...
A hydrocarbon keratosis, also known as pitch keratosis, tar keratosis, and tar wart, is a precancerous keratotic skin lesion that occurs in people who...
A PUVA keratosis is a precancerous keratotic skin lesion that arises from exposure to psoralen plus ultraviolet A light therapy.: 730 PUVA-induced acrobullous...
as well as pinpoint hyperkeratoses. There is a benign condition called keratosis palmaris et plantaris, which produces corns in the creases of the fingers...
A chronic scar keratosis is a precancerous skin lesion that arises within a long-standing scar. Freedberg (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General...
An arsenical keratosis is a growth of keratin on the skin caused by arsenic,: 725 which occurs naturally in the Earth's crust and is widely distributed...
dyskeratosis follicularis Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Keratosis follicularis. If...
Seborrheic keratosis may meet some or all of the ABCD criteria, and can lead to false alarms. Doctors can generally distinguish seborrheic keratosis from melanoma...
Reactional keratosis is a premalignant keratotic skin lesion that may arise in a variety of long-standing, nonscarring, inflammatory processes such as...
Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans is a rare X-linked disorder described by Siemens in 1926. It is a disease that begins in infancy with keratosis...
Smokeless tobacco keratosis (STK) is a condition which develops on the oral mucosa (the lining of the mouth) in response to smokeless tobacco use. Generally...
and face; also palmo plantar keratosis has been reported. Lichenoid keratoses (also known as "benign lichenoid keratosis", and "Solitary lichen planus")...
of nicotine stomatitis is thought to be chemical or thermally induced keratosis. The chemicals in tobacco may act as irritants in this condition. Chronic...
Keratosis punctata of the palmar creases is a common skin disorder that occurs most often in black patients, with skin lesions that are 1 to 5mm depressions...
Actinic Keratosis." N Engl J Med 366;11, March 15, 2012. "FDA Approves Picato® (ingenol mebutate) Gel, the First and Only Topical Actinic Keratosis (AK)...
Waxy keratosis of childhood (also known as "Kerinokeratosis papulosa") is a keratotic, flesh-colored papule that is either sporadic or familial, and may...
Keratosis palmoplantaris transgrediens et progrediens may refer to: Erythrokeratodermia variabilis Palmoplantar keratoderma of Sybert This disambiguation...
Focal palmoplantar and gingival keratosis is a rare autosomal dominant disease whose clinical features, and in particular, pathologic alterations and...
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