CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 38, no. 1, 2012

The treatment of giant rhinophyma - Case Report

[Case report]

D. POPA(1), GEORGETA OSMAN(2), H. PARVANESCU(1),RALUCACIUREA(3), M. CIUREA(1)

1) Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova;
(2) Departament of E.N.T., Emergency University Hospital, Craiova,
(3) Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova


Abstract:

The aim of the article is to present an update on the pathophysiology, clinical features and treatment of rhinophyma. A 56 years old patient, living in urban area, presented with a giant rhinophyma which caused him not only upper airways obstruction and difficulty in eating, but also aesthetic and psycho-social disadvantages.The treatment of  the patient was a surgical intervention consisting in removal of the nasal tumor and split-thickness skin grafting of the defect. The aesthetic result after surgical intervention was very good, there were no postoperative complications or recurrences.Rhinophyma represents the most advanced form of acne rosacea. The diagnosis is easy to establish based on the clinical features of the disease. In advanced forms of rhinophyma, when the tumor is giant, the main method of treatment is surgery


Keywords: rhinophyma , sebaceous hyperplasia, nasal tumor



Corresponding: Dragos Popa, MD. PhD student, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2-4 Petru Rares Street, 200349 Craiova, Romania, e-mail: dragos.popa@gmail.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.38.01.09 - Download PDF
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