keratosis

Keratosis (from kerat- + -osis) is a growth of keratin on the skin or on mucous membranes stemming from keratinocytes, the prominent cell type in the epidermis. Most are not serious but actinic keratosis (also known as solar keratosis) and chronic scar keratosis, are precancerous conditions.

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Medical condition (new).name: Keratosis
Medical condition (new).image: Keratosis pilaris arm.jpg
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Medical condition (new).caption: Upper arm showing keratosis pilaris

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Frictional Keratosis, Contact Keratosis and Smokeless Tobacco Keratosis: Features of Reactive White Lesions of the Oral Mucosa.Head and neck pathology · 2019
Actinic keratosis. Current treatment options.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2000
[Lichenoid keratosis].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 1982
[New approaches for the prevention of actinic keratosis].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2017
Lichenoid benign keratosis.Journal of cutaneous pathology · 1976

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Subclass of: disease
Image: Keratosis pilaris arm.jpg

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NCI Thesaurus ID: C34747
drug or therapy used for treatment: fluorouracil
exact match: identifiers.org/doid/DOID:161
health specialty: medical genetics
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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

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