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| ==Actinic keratosis== | | ==Actinic keratosis== |
| :''Bowenoid actinic keratosis'' redirects to here.
| | {{Main|Actinic keratosis}} |
| *Abbreviated ''AK''.
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| *[[AKA]] ''solar keratosis''.<ref name=pmid18393780>{{Cite journal | last1 = Weinberg | first1 = JM. | title = Topical therapy for actinic keratoses: current and evolving therapies. | journal = Rev Recent Clin Trials | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 53-60 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = | PMID = 18393780 }}</ref><ref name=pmid18067626>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roewert-Huber | first1 = J. | last2 = Stockfleth | first2 = E. | last3 = Kerl | first3 = H. | title = Pathology and pathobiology of actinic (solar) keratosis - an update. | journal = Br J Dermatol | volume = 157 Suppl 2 | issue = | pages = 18-20 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08267.x | PMID = 18067626 }}</ref>
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| ===General===
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| *Considered a precursor of [[squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]].<ref name=pmid18067626>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roewert-Huber | first1 = J. | last2 = Stockfleth | first2 = E. | last3 = Kerl | first3 = H. | title = Pathology and pathobiology of actinic (solar) keratosis - an update. | journal = Br J Dermatol | volume = 157 Suppl 2 | issue = | pages = 18-20 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08267.x | PMID = 18067626 }}</ref>
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| Risk factors:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1180>{{Ref PBoD8|1180}}</ref>
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| *Sun exposure.
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| *Immune suppression (e.g. organ transplant recipients).
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| ===Gross===
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| Features:
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| *Yellow-brown scaly, patches.
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| *Sandpaper sensation - on touching.
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| *May be pigmented.<ref>URL: [http://www.dermoscopy-ids.org/index.php/newest-case/79-lentigo-maligna-vs-pigmented-actinic-keratosis http://www.dermoscopy-ids.org/index.php/newest-case/79-lentigo-maligna-vs-pigmented-actinic-keratosis]. Accessed on: 23 August 2012.</ref>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1099775-workup#a0723 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1099775-workup#a0723]. Accessed on: 1 September 2011.</ref>
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| *Epidermal nuclear atypia:
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| **Variation is size, shape and staining - must involve basilar layer.
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| ***Nuclear enlargement - '''key feature'''.
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| ***Hyperchromasia.
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| *Abnormal epidermal architecture:
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| **Palisading.{{Fact}}
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| *+/-Parakeratosis - may alternate with orthokeratosis, esp. early lesions.<ref name=Ref_Derm353>{{Ref Derm|353}}</ref>
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| *+/-Irregular acanthosis.
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| Note:
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| *May be full thickness - known as ''bowenoid actinic keratosis''.<ref name=pmid19515076>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bagazgoitia | first1 = L. | last2 = Cuevas | first2 = J. | last3 = Juarranz | first3 = A. | title = Expression of p53 and p16 in actinic keratosis, bowenoid actinic keratosis and Bowen's disease. | journal = J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 228-30 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03337.x | PMID = 19515076 }}</ref>
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| DDx:
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| *[[Actinic cheilitis]] - the same lesion on the lip.<ref name=pmid3305604>{{Cite journal | last1 = Picascia | first1 = DD. | last2 = Robinson | first2 = JK. | title = Actinic cheilitis: a review of the etiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment. | journal = J Am Acad Dermatol | volume = 17 | issue = 2 Pt 1 | pages = 255-64 | month = Aug | year = 1987 | doi = | PMID = 3305604 }}</ref>
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| *[[Bowen's disease]] - full thickness involvement - with involvement of adnexal epithelium and follicular epithelium.<ref name=pmid19515076/>
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| *[[Paget disease of the breast]].
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| *[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]].
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| *[[Lentigo maligna]] (melanoma in situ on sun damaged skin) - esp. for ''pigmented AK''.<ref name=Ref_Derm353>{{Ref Derm|353}}</ref>
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| *[[Seborrheic keratosis]] - should not have basilar nuclear atypia.
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| Images:
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Actinic_Keratosis,_H%26E.jpg Actinic keratosis (WC)].
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SkinTumors-P5280065.JPG Actinic keratosis (WC)].
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SkinTumors-P5280055.JPG Actinic keartosis (WC)].
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowenoid_actinic_keratosis_-_high_mag.jpg Bowenoid actinic keratosis - high mag. (WC)].
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowenoid_actinic_keratosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg Bowenoid actinic keratosis - very high mag. (WC)].
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| ====Histologic subtypes of actinic keratosis====
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| Like most common things, there are several variants:<ref name=Ref_Derm353>{{Ref Derm|353}}</ref>
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| *Hypertrophic actinic keratosis.
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| **Increased thickness of: (1) epidermis and, (2) stratum corneum.<ref name=Ref_Derm352>{{Ref Derm|352}}</ref>
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| *Acantholytic actinic keratosis.
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| *Proliferative actinic keratosis - downward finger-like projections of the epidermis.
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| *Pigmented actinic keratosis.
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| **DDx: [[lentigo maligna]].
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| *Lichenoid actinic keratosis.
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| ===Sign out===
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| <pre>
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| SKIN LESION, RIGHT THIGH, BIOPSY:
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| - HYPERTROPHIC ACTINIC KERATOSIS.
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| - SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
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| - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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| </pre>
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| ====Bowenoid====
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| <pre>
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| SKIN LESION, RIGHT DISTAL FOREARM, BIOPSY:
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| - BOWENOID ACTINIC KERATOSIS, COMPLETELY EXCISED IN PLANE OF SECTION.
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| - EXTENSIVE SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
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| - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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| </pre>
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| ====Micro====
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| =====General=====
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| The sections show skin with basilar epidermal nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia with irregular nuclear palisading. Hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis is present. A granular layer is present. The dermal-epidermal interface is sharply-demarcated. There is focal inflammation at the interface. Extensive solar elastosis is present.
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| There is no clefting of the lesion from the surrounding stroma. The surrounding stroma does not have a myxoid quality.
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| =====Bowenoid=====
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| The sections show skin with epidermal nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia with irregular nuclear palisading. The lesion involves the full thickness of the epidermis; however, it spares adnexal and follicular epithelium. Proliferative activity is present. Hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis is present. A granular layer is present. The dermal-epidermal interface is sharply-demarcated. There is focal inflammation at the interface. Extensive solar elastosis is present.
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| There is no clefting of the lesion from the surrounding stroma. Intercellular bridges are identified.
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| ==Actinic cheilitis== | | ==Actinic cheilitis== |