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A benign, non-neoplastic, usually self-limiting epithelial lesion closely resembling squamous cell carcinoma clinically and histopathologically. It occurs in solitary, multiple, and eruptive forms. The solitary and multiple forms occur on sunlight exposed areas and are identical histologically; they affect primarily white males. The eruptive form usually involves both sexes and appears as a generalized papular eruption.
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- Keratoacanthomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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note category: non-neoplastic; coord IM with precoord organ/dis term (IM); do not confuse with ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS
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- National Library of Medicine. Keratoacanthoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007636. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007636
- Keratoacanthoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoacanthoma
- Keratoacanthoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q785827