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Actinic Keratosis

Actinic Keratosis. Rob Sheehan-Dare Leeds Centre for Dermatology. Pre-Cancerous Lesions Actinic Keratoses Intra-epithelial Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lentigo maligna Skin Cancer Basal Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma Melanoma Lymphoma. What are Actinic keratoses?.

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Actinic Keratosis

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  1. Actinic Keratosis Rob Sheehan-Dare Leeds Centre for Dermatology

  2. Pre-Cancerous Lesions • Actinic Keratoses • Intra-epithelial Squamous Cell Carcinoma • Lentigo maligna • Skin Cancer • Basal Cell Carcinoma • Squamous Cell Carcinoma • Melanoma • Lymphoma

  3. What are Actinic keratoses? • Epidermal dysplasia • Associated with UV exposure • Sun exposed sites • Elderly • Outdoor occupations • Warmer climates • Lighter skin types • Immunosuppression

  4. What are Actinic keratoses? • Histologically • Epidermal cell disorganisation • Acanthosis • Reduced granular layer • Parakeratosis • Hyperkeratosis

  5. What is risk of malignancy? • ?Less than 1:1000 per year • Increased by • Immunosuppression • Increased numbers of lesions • Co-factors (radiation, exposure to tar) • Prior Squamous cell carcinoma • Some lesions resolve spontaneously • Most SCC’s are well differentiated

  6. What do they look like? • Clinically • Adherent scale (variable but always) • Erythema (often) • Light pigmentation (sometimes) • Merge with surrounding skin • Usually not indurated

  7. Diagnostic difficulties • Cutaneous horn • Hypertrophic actinic keratoses • Inflammatory lesions • Often in immunosuppressed

  8. What to treat • Lesions in immunosuppressed patients • Lesions at high risk sites (e.g. lip) • Where previous history of SCC • Inflamed Actinic keratoses • Lesions in younger age group • Symptomatic lesions

  9. How to treat • Cryotherapy • Curettage & cautery • 5-fluorouracil cream • Diclofenac gel • Imiquimod cream • Photodynamic therapy

  10. Cryotherapy • Destruction by cold injury • Cotton bud or cryospray • 20-30 second freeze • Moderate pain • Immediate blistering • Heals in 10 days • Suitable for small/few lesions • Suitable where compliance poor

  11. Curettage and cautery • Physical removal/thermal injury • Requires local anaesthesia • Moderate pain • Eschar • Heals in 10 days • Suitable for solitary/few lesions • Suitable for cryo resistant lesions • Suitable for hyperkeratotic lesions • Suitable where histology required

  12. 5-fluorouracil cream • Inhibits DNA synthesis by inactivating thymidine synthase • 4 weeks treatment • Inflammatory reaction (moderate-severe) • Little pain • Interrupted treatment may be required • Suitable for multiple/extensive lesions • Suitable for compliant patients

  13. Diclofenac gel • Inhibits Cyclo-oxygenase (COX-2) • 8 weeks treatment • Mild-moderate inflammatory reaction • No pain • Long term benefits uncertain • Suitable where intolerance to other treatment

  14. Imiquimod cream • Toll-like receptor 7 agonist induces apoptosis • 4-8 weeks treatment • Inflammatory reaction (moderate-severe) • Little pain • Interrupted treatment may be required • Suitable for multiple/extensive lesions • Suitable for compliant patients

  15. Photodynamic therapy • ALA induced protoporphyrin IX synthesis sensitizes cells to photodynamic effect • 1-2 prolonged treatments • Moderate pain • Inflammatory reaction (moderate-severe) • Heals in 10 days • Suitable for multiple/extensive lesions • Suitable where compliance poor

  16. Treatment summary • Cryotherapy small/few lesions • 5-fluorouracil larger/multiple lesions • Curettage for hyperkeratotic lesions • Solaraze for patients with poor tolerance • Imiquimod cream or PDT for resistant lesions

  17. “They look benign , but keep out of the sun”

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