title: Giant rhinophyma in a bronchial asthma patient treated by excision and full thickness skin grafting.
abstract: A 72-year-old man presented with an unusually severe case of rhinophyma. The pedunculated mass was widely excised and a skin graft from the medial upper arm was applied. A very satisfactory cosmetic result was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Harran University Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey. rkose@harran.edu.tr
authors.forename: Rüştü
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: M Ihsan
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: M Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Güldür
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D012224:Rhinophyma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012934:Social Isolation