Epidemiological Study of Seborrheic Keratosis among Egyptians in Great Cairo
Journal Title: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 72, Issue 4
Abstract
<span>Background: </span><span>Seborrheic keratosis is one of the most common benign epidermal tumors. Seborrheickeratoses </span><span>are hyperkeratotic lesions of the epidermis, which often appear to be “stuck on” the surface of the skin. Cherry </span><span>angiomas are very common acquired vascular skin lesions.<br /> </span><span>Objective: </span><span>To find any relation between seborrheic keratosis and cherry angioma.<br /> </span><span>Patients and Methods: </span><span>A total of one hundred male and female patients, presented with Seborrheic keratosis with or without associated cherry angioma (62% present CA & 38% absent CA), were included in the study. Full history taking and full examination was done between December 2015 and May 2017. Twelve biopsies were taken from 6 patients.<br /> </span><span>Results: </span><span>The age of the patients ranged from 18 to 88 years old. The male patients were (63%) and the female patients were (37%). 17% of patients complained of itching, 20% had positive family history of Seborrheic Keratosis, 75% had skin photo type III. Flat Seborrheic Keratosis was 49% of the cases. The most common site of SK was face (76%). The most common site of cherry angioma was abdomen (88.7%). The examination of the biopsies revealed no histopathological correlation between seborrheic keratosis and cherry angioma. </span><span>Conclusion: </span><span>The patient with seborrheic keratosis sometimes may have cherry angioma in adjacent to it or in a different site which didn't necessarily means that they have the same pathological origin.<br /> </span>
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Eman Helal
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