[Squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule].
The case of a 31-year-old man (smoker) with a progressively enlarging swelling and reddening in the region of the nasal vestibule is discussed. Before he was seen by us, he had been repeatedly treated with antibiotics, but to no avail. A deep excisional biopsy was obtained, and the histopathological work-up revealed a squamous cell carcinoma. Thereupon, complete surgical ablation in healthy tissue was carried out. This case shows that in chronic inflammation of the nasal vestibule that fails to respond to antibiotic treatment differential diagnostic consideration must be given to the possibility of a malignancy.
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Klinikum Grosshadern, Universität München. christine.klemens@med.uni-muenchen.de
Dellian
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Berghaus
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