Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (dermatology)

Comedonic nevus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Comedon nevus (syn: follicular keratotic nevus) can exist from birth or manifest in puberty or later life. Clinically, the comedon nevus is represented by multiple comedones grouped in the form of ribbon-like strands of different lengths or clusters of a different configuration, usually one-sided localization, but two-sided variants are also described.

Metatype Skin Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Metatypical skin cancer (syn: basal cancers, mixed cancers, intermediate carcinoma) can develop on unchanged skin, but often occurs against a pre-existing basal cell, especially after X-ray therapy. The clinical manifestations of metatypeic cancer in most cases do not differ from the clinical picture of basal cell and usually correspond to its tumor and ulcerated forms.

Bowen's disease

Bowen's disease (syn: squamous cell carcinoma in situ, intraepithelial cancer) is a typical variant of non-invasive cancer, appears on the skin areas exposed to sunlight.

Mild leukoplakia: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Soft leukoplakia was first described by B.M. Pashkov and E.F. Belyaeva (1964), differs from the usual forms of leukoplakia by the presence on the mucous membrane of the cheeks, lips and tongue of slightly elevated white foci, covered with soft scales, easily removed by a spatula.

Leukoplakia

Leukoplakia - leukokeratosis, manifested as milky-white spots on the mucous membranes covered with multilayered flat epithelium (oral cavity, vagina, red lip rim), develops as a result of local irritant factors, as well as inflammatory phenomena.

Actinitic keratosis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Actinitic keratosis (syn: senile keratosis, solar keratosis) develops as a result of prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays on exposed skin areas, usually in persons over 50 years old.

Keratoakantoma: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Keratoakantoma (syn: molluscum pseudocarcinomatosum, molluscum sebaceum, tumor-like keratosis) is a rapidly growing benign tumor in the development of which the importance of viral infection, immune disorders, long-term effects of various unfavorable, mainly exogenous factors

Clear cell acanthoma: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Bright cell acanthoma is a benign tumor of the epidermis, because there is no unified opinion about the true tumor processes. According to some data, at the heart of a pathological condition, there are probably disturbances in the processes of maturation of epithelial cells.

Seborrheic keratosis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Seborrheic keratosis (syn: seborrheic wart, senile wart, basal cell papilloma, seborrheic nevus Unna, seborrheic keratopapilloma) - benign tumor.

Fibroapilloma (fibroma) of the skin

Fibropapilloma (syn: fibroma) - a benign tumor, is a different form and size of nodular formations protruding above the surface of the skin, sometimes on a narrower base

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