Question 2.3
Question 2.3:
Which one of the following is NOT Keratoacanthoma?
- Viral warts are common benign lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
- They can be categorised by site; cutaneous or mucosal
- Cutaneous viral warts are sharply demarcated and characterised by a hard, round or irregular and light grey, yellow, brown, or grey-black nodules
- They commonly appear at sites most often subject to trauma (e.g, fingers, elbows, feet) but may spread elsewhere
- Small red/ black dots (papillary capillaries) may be visible on the wart surface
- They are often tender
- Keratoacanthomas are firm, round, generally skin-coloured nodules with sharp sloping borders and a characteristic central crater full of keratinous material
- They erupt on sun damaged skin and generally resolve spontaneously within a few months, but some may be a well-differentiated form of squamous cell carcinoma
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Common benign lesions