Giant cutaneous horn: a patient report.
A large cutaneous horn was excised from the left side of the nose and cheek of a 68-year-old woman. Reconstruction was performed with a split-thickness skin graft. Histologically the lesion represented squamous cell carcinoma. The nature of malignant degeneration in cutaneous horns is discussed.
Korkut
T
T
Izmir Atatürk State Hospital, Basinsitesi, Turkey.
Tan
N B
NB
Oztan
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation