You might think you have a pimple or boil at first, but keratoacanthoma can grow fast and get as big as a quarter in a couple of months. It looks like a small, red or skin-colored volcano -- there ...

Keratoacanthoma is a slow-growing skin tumor with a characteristic type of lesion. Its appearance closely resembles that of another, a more aggressive type of skin tumor called squamous cell ...

For this reason, it is important to get a timely diagnosis to confirm that the Keratoacanthoma is not Squamous Cell Carcinoma. The doctor will begin with a physical examination of the skin lesion ...

Distinguishing keratoacanthoma from squamous cell carcinoma is a persistent issue in pathology practice. Solitary keratoacanthoma is a self-limiting lesion as opposed to rather aggressive clinical ...

Cutaneous keratoacanthoma is relatively common, occurring most frequently in sun-exposed areas of Caucasians in middle life. 1 It is a rapidly growing squamo-proliferative lesion of symmetrical ...

The pictures show the progression and treatment of a type of skin cancer known as keratoacanthoma, including the growth in question pre-op and the bloody hole created post-op. As a whole ...

The swollen and red bump is a skin condition called keratoacanthoma. Lee said these kinds of smaller carcinomas aren't life-threatening but "can certainly grow rather quickly and can therefore be ...