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What is Seborrheic keratosis?

What is Seborrheic keratosis?

  • Seborrheic keratosis: Thickening of the skin condition usually from age.
  • Seborrheic keratosis: a skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust.
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Seborrheic keratosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Seborrheic keratosis, or a subtype of Seborrheic keratosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Seborrheic keratosis: Introduction

Types of Seborrheic keratosis:

Broader types of Seborrheic keratosis:

How serious is Seborrheic keratosis?

Complications of Seborrheic keratosis: see complications of Seborrheic keratosis

What causes Seborrheic keratosis?

Causes of Seborrheic keratosis: see causes of Seborrheic keratosis

What are the symptoms of Seborrheic keratosis?

Symptoms of Seborrheic keratosis: see symptoms of Seborrheic keratosis

Complications of Seborrheic keratosis: see complications of Seborrheic keratosis

Can anyone else get Seborrheic keratosis?

Contagion of Seborrheic keratosis: Not contagious
More information: see contagiousness of Seborrheic keratosis

Seborrheic keratosis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Seborrheic keratosis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Seborrheic keratosis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Seborrheic keratosis: see treatments for Seborrheic keratosis
Prevention of Seborrheic keratosis: see prevention of Seborrheic keratosis
Research for Seborrheic keratosis: see research for Seborrheic keratosis

Society issues for Seborrheic keratosis


Hospitalization statistics for Seborrheic keratosis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Seborrheic keratosis:

  • 0.061% (7,771) of hospital consultant episodes were for seborrhoeic keratosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 100% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 43% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 57% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 1% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 1.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for seborrhoeic keratosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 0 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for seborrhoeic keratosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Seborrheic keratosis:

Organs and body systems related to Seborrheic keratosis include:

Name and Aliases of Seborrheic keratosis

Main name of condition: Seborrheic keratosis

Other names or spellings for Seborrheic keratosis:

Seborrheic keratoses, Seborrheic warts, Keratosis Seborrheica

Keratosis Seborrheica, Seborrheic keratoses, Keratosis, seborrheic, Keratosis Seborrheica
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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