What is Keratoacanthoma?

a benign epithelial tumour seen in the elderly.

What are the main clinical features of Keratoacanthoma?

• said to look like a volcano or crater
• initially a smooth dome-shaped papule
• rapidly grows to become a crater centrally-filled with keratin

What is the management of Keratoacanthoma?

• Often spontaneously regress within 3 months
• But safer to remove as hard to differentiate from SCC