Methods and results of rhinophyma treatment.
Rhinophyma is a disfiguring soft-tissue hypertrophy of the nose. It is an uncommon disease that primarily affects Caucasian men in the fifth to seventh decades of life. Nine cases from the authors' series and a comparison of results following various treatment modalities are presented. Eight of the patients were Caucasian and one was African American. Excision of the diseased tissue with a scalpel or Goulian dermatome using loupe magnification provided the safest means of preserving the underlying sebaceous gland fundi that permit spontaneous re-epithelialization with the least scarring.
Redett
R J
RJ
Division of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224-2780, USA.
Manson
P N
PN
Goldberg
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N
Girotto
J
J
Spence
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012224:Rhinophyma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome