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A giant cutaneous horn on the eyebrow
- Source :
- JAAD Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2015.
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Abstract
- Cutaneous horns were first reported in London in 1588.1 Unlike a true animal horn that has bony core, a cutaneous horn is a conical projection made up of cornified material. The length of this lesion varies from a few millimeters to 38 cm in some reported cases.2 Cutaneous horns are usually skin colored or erythematous, and they may present as white with a fine scale.3 Approximately 30% of cutaneous horns appear in sun-exposed areas, such as upper face and scalp.1 However, chronic irritation can also give rise to cutaneous horns on other areas of the body, even on the penis.4 People ages 50 to 89 years are the group most affected.5 Cutaneous horns are a morphologic designation rather than a pathologic diagnosis, and they can be derived from many benign or malignant diseases, such as seborrheic keratoses, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
- Subjects :
- squamous cell carcinoma
cutaneous horns
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
surgical excision
business.industry
Horn (anatomy)
Eyebrow
Case Report
Dermatology
Anatomy
Chronic irritation
medicine.disease
SCC, squamous cell carcinoma
Lesion
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cutaneous horn
Medicine
Conical projection
Basal cell
Basal cell carcinoma
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23525126
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- JAAD Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2628a2b82492731f5c799d5914e12766