Non pigmented lesions Flashcards
name a benign epidermal tumpur
seborrhoeic keratosis
name a precancerous epidermal tumour
bowens disease, actinic keratosis and viral lesions
Name invase epidermal tumours
BCC and SCC
What is seborrhoeic keratosis
proliferation of epidermal keratinocytes
Where would you most commonly find seborrhoea keratosis
trunk and face
how do the SK lesions look?
stuck on and may have horn cysts
are BCC margins well defined or poorly defined
poorly defined
Which is the most worrying BCC
infiltrative
Bowen disease, AK, viral lesions are precursors of what cancer
SCC
Where would you be most likely to find bowens disease?
females, in lower leg
HPV is associated with precancerous cells
YUP- type 6, bowenoid disease