Unraveling the Enigma: A Report on a Rare Case of Cutaneous Horn, an Extraordinary Dermatological Occurrence

A cutaneous horn is a rare, hyperkeratotic, projecting lesion that can be mostly found in sun-exposed areas of the skin. The base of the lesions can reveal an underlying malignancy. They can also be associated with several benign or pre-malignant dermatologic conditions. A biopsy of the base of the...

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Autores principales: Das, Siddharth Sankar, Krishnan, Suhasini, Das, Susmita, Almheiri, Khalifa, Hamid, Tariq Abdul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10427885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37593295
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41987
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author Das, Siddharth Sankar
Krishnan, Suhasini
Das, Susmita
Almheiri, Khalifa
Hamid, Tariq Abdul
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description A cutaneous horn is a rare, hyperkeratotic, projecting lesion that can be mostly found in sun-exposed areas of the skin. The base of the lesions can reveal an underlying malignancy. They can also be associated with several benign or pre-malignant dermatologic conditions. A biopsy of the base of the lesion and histopathological analysis are needed to confirm the diagnosis. Management depends on the underlying disease; however, surgical excision is the preferred treatment method.
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spelling pubmed-104278852023-08-17 Unraveling the Enigma: A Report on a Rare Case of Cutaneous Horn, an Extraordinary Dermatological Occurrence Das, Siddharth Sankar Krishnan, Suhasini Das, Susmita Almheiri, Khalifa Hamid, Tariq Abdul Cureus Dermatology A cutaneous horn is a rare, hyperkeratotic, projecting lesion that can be mostly found in sun-exposed areas of the skin. The base of the lesions can reveal an underlying malignancy. They can also be associated with several benign or pre-malignant dermatologic conditions. A biopsy of the base of the lesion and histopathological analysis are needed to confirm the diagnosis. Management depends on the underlying disease; however, surgical excision is the preferred treatment method. Cureus 2023-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10427885/ /pubmed/37593295 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41987 Text en Copyright © 2023, Das et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Unraveling the Enigma: A Report on a Rare Case of Cutaneous Horn, an Extraordinary Dermatological Occurrence
title_full Unraveling the Enigma: A Report on a Rare Case of Cutaneous Horn, an Extraordinary Dermatological Occurrence
title_fullStr Unraveling the Enigma: A Report on a Rare Case of Cutaneous Horn, an Extraordinary Dermatological Occurrence
title_full_unstemmed Unraveling the Enigma: A Report on a Rare Case of Cutaneous Horn, an Extraordinary Dermatological Occurrence
title_short Unraveling the Enigma: A Report on a Rare Case of Cutaneous Horn, an Extraordinary Dermatological Occurrence
title_sort unraveling the enigma: a report on a rare case of cutaneous horn, an extraordinary dermatological occurrence
topic Dermatology
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41987
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