 | | Solar keratosis or sunspots |
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Abnormal |
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- 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.
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 | Gray, flesh, or pink-colored localized skin lesions
Surface of the lesion is flat
Surface becomes rough like sandpaper
May become wartlike |
 | Long periods of sun exposure
Light-skinned individuals, the very young, and the elderly are at risk. |
 | Made by examination
If diagnosis is uncertain, a skin biopsy may be performed. |
 | Freezing with liquid nitrogen
Fluorouracil cream
Masoprocol cream
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 | Rarely, does this condition turn into squamous cell skin cancer (1 in 1000 each year).
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