Keratoakantoma

Keratoakantoma actually is a fairly rare disease, but, nevertheless, it does not mean she is not entitled to be told to the public. Keratoakantoma is a rare benign tumor.

Causes of

Currently, quite a recognized theory of viral emergence of this disease. Some experienced doctors have linked the occurrence of this type of tumor, with a long impact other processes, such as: burns, solar irradiation, injection, x-ray irradiation, and others. The clinical picture of this disease, gives us clearly to understand that this disease is mainly exposed men. This applies mostly to older men, although there have been cases when the disease are young and there were even cases in children. The average age of patients who were exposed to this disease, an average of 55 years. The localization of this disease falls mainly on the head and face.

Types of disease

Keratoacanthoma divided into two main types: multiple and single. Solitary tumors are less common than the latter and can occur even at the most, at first glance, healthy skin. The disease begins with the fact that the patient begins to form a knot, the color does not differ from the normal color of healthy skin, the size of a match head, but since developing this disease very quickly, in two days it increased about 3 times.

Discuss doctors

There are various clinical types of this skin disease. A large number of modern doctors still argue about this disease. Some of them are 100% convinced that they are benign. About it, also some reported cases of self-healing. But together with this, also there is an opinion about the possibility of developing benign, malignant tumor, especially it can occur already at an advanced age, or those of people diagnosed with solar atrophy of the skin.

The life cycle of the disease

The full cycle of the formation of this disease, from the beginning of emergence lasts on average from 2 months to 4. But there are also cases in which the formation lasted considerably about 1 year, and sometimes even half. All this process is individual.

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