Keratosis
Growth of keratin on the skin or mucous membranes
Medical condition
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Upper arm showing keratosis pilaris | |
Specialty | Dermatology, medical genetics ![]() |
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
See also
- Folliculitis
- Keratoderma
References
- ^ Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, archived from the original on 2020-05-25, retrieved 2018-03-28.
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Cutaneous keratosis, ulcer, atrophy, and necrobiosis
- keratoderma: Keratoderma climactericum
- Paraneoplastic keratoderma
- Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex
- Aquagenic keratoderma
- Drug-induced keratoderma
- psoriasis
- other hyperkeratosis: Acanthosis nigricans
- Callus
- Ichthyosis acquisita
- Arsenical keratosis
- Chronic scar keratosis
- Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans
- Hydrocarbon keratosis
- Hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola
- Inverted follicular keratosis
- Lichenoid keratosis
- Multiple minute digitate hyperkeratosis
- PUVA keratosis
- Reactional keratosis
- Stucco keratosis
- Thermal keratosis
- Viral keratosis
- Warty dyskeratoma
- Waxy keratosis of childhood
- other hypertrophy: Keloid
- Hypertrophic scar
- Cutis verticis gyrata
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