Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Description
porokeratosis: a specific disorder of keratinization that is characterized histologically by the presence of a cornoid lamella, a thin column of closely stacked, parakeratotic cells extending through the stratum corneum with a thin or absent granular layer.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_RADIATIONRELATEDSKIN |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L55/L59/L56/L58/L57 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L55/L58/L57/L56/L59 |
| Include | L12_SUNBURN, L12_OTHACUSKINSUN, L12_NONIONRADISKIN, L12_RADIODERMATITIS, L12_SKINRADIOTH |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 2 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 3060 | 1705 | 1355 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 2.31 | 2.27 | 2.36 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 66.8 | 66.49 | 67.19 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 40.72 | 37.71 | 44.5 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 5.65 | 5.16 | 6.27 |