A man has come in to the clinic for a skin assessment because he is worried he might have skin cancer.During the skin assessment, the nurse notices several areas of pigmentation that look greasy, dark, and "stuck on" his skin.The nurse informs the patient that they are:

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Seborrheic keratoses appear like dark, greasy, "stuck-on" lesions that primarily develop on the trunk.These lesions do not become cancerous.Senile lentigines are commonly called liver spots and are not precancerous.Actinic (senile or solar) keratoses are lesions that are red-tan scaly plaques that increase over the years to become raised and roughened.They may have a silvery-white scale adherent to the plaque.They occur on sun-exposed surfaces and are directly related to sun exposure.They are premalignant and may develop into squamous cell carcinoma.Acrochordons are skin tags and are not precancerous.

A Man Has Come in to the Clinic for a Skin