A case of severe rhinophyma (gigantic rhinophyma)

Chirurgia plastica - Tập 13 - Trang 86-88 - 1990
A. Barutcu1, A. Atabey1, A.H. Gunes2
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

Tóm tắt

Rhinophyma is classically a benign condition whose etiology and pathogenesis are not well understood. A few cases of giant rhinophymas have been reported in the literature. In this article, a case of gigantic, lobulated rhinophyma is presented. The appearance was unusual, and there was cyst formation histologically.

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