A scaling inflammatory disease of the skin. It is noncontagious and may involve the chest, back, face, and arms. It occurs in adults of both sexes, and by age 60, almost everyone has a few seborrheic keratoses.
Causes of Seborrheic Keratoses
Unknown.
Signs and Symptoms of Seborrheic Keratoses
Symptoms include papules (small, raised bumps) with the following varcharacteristics: flat-topped with well-defined borders, young papules are flat and light brown, advanced papules are dark brown or black, are wider than tall, measure 5 mm to 20 mm in diameter, on the chest, back, face and arms, don’t itch or hurt and range in number from 1-100.
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