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115) Which of the following statements regarding actinic keratosis is TRUE?

A. Actinic keratosis are common skin lesions with no malignant potential.
B. Actinic keratosis result from solar damage and chronic skin trauma.
C. Actinic keratosis can be removed or watched.
D. Diffuse actinic keratosis can be treated with topical 5-fluorouracil.
E. The lack of hyperkeratosis is a clinical feature of these skin lesions.




REFERENCES & ANSWER



Swanson N.A.: Grekin R. C.: Recognition and Treatment of Skin Lesions, Chapter 22 in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Cummings, Fredrickson, Harker, Krause, Richardson, Schuller, editors), Volume One, Mosby, Third Edition, 1998, pp. 415-416

Willey A., Swanson N. A., Lee K.K.: Recognition and Treatment of Skin Lesions, Chapter 20 in Cummings Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fifth edition, Volume one, Mosby Elsevier, 2010, pp. 281-294



115) D      Diffuse actinic keratosis can be treated with topical 5-fluorouracil.