Catalog

Chronic radiation keratosis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Chronic radiation keratosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/713080336

Chronic radiation keratoses are precancerous keratotic lesions that may arise on the skin many years after exposure to ionizing radiation. Exposure may be from x-ray therapy, from chronic occupational exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g. dentists, radiotherapists or workers exposed to radioactive materials in their places of work) or to environmental exposure as in survivors of nuclear accidents.