Actinic keratosis. Overview. Actinic keratosis Actinic keratoses are scaly spots or patches on the top layer of skin. With time the spots or patches may become hard with a wart-like surface. An actinic keratosis (ak-TIN-ik ker-uh-TOE-sis) is a rough, scaly patch on your skin that develops from years of exposure to the sun. It's most commonly found on your face, lips, ears, back of your hands, forearms, scalp or neck.
Swelling of the elbow is mainly due to inflammatory processes. Excessive fluid collects in the tissue spaces and any cavities in the elbow and causes soft swelling of the area. Sometimes it can involve the bone â bony swelling â although the bone is in most cases resistant to the inflammatory processes affecting the surrounding soft tissue.
1 Tennis elbow is a painful condition caused by inflammation or small tears of the forearm muscles and tendons on the outside or inside of the elbow. 2  Tennis elbow is caused by overloading the forearm muscles through repetitive stress and poor technique. Tendonitis, such as tennis elbow or golfers elbow. 2  Tennis elbow is a painful condition caused by inflammation or small tears of the forearm muscles and tendons on the outside or inside of the elbow. 3  Tennis elbow is caused by overloading the forearm muscles through repetitive stress and poor technique.