Surgical Approach for Nevoid Hyperkeratosis of the Areola

Nevoid hyperkeratosis of the breast is a rare condition affecting the nipple, the areola or both. It appears in both sexes and it can by lateral or unilateral. It can also accompany other skin diseases or systemic conditions including malignancies. Treatment may not be easy due to aesthetic conseque...

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Autores principales: Foustanos, Andreas, Panagiotopoulos, Konstantinos, Ahmad, Diab, Konstantopoulos, Kostas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557856
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.94343
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author Foustanos, Andreas
Panagiotopoulos, Konstantinos
Ahmad, Diab
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description Nevoid hyperkeratosis of the breast is a rare condition affecting the nipple, the areola or both. It appears in both sexes and it can by lateral or unilateral. It can also accompany other skin diseases or systemic conditions including malignancies. Treatment may not be easy due to aesthetic consequences but surgery seems to be the most preferable therapeutic option. We report such a case successfully managed by surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-33391292012-05-03 Surgical Approach for Nevoid Hyperkeratosis of the Areola Foustanos, Andreas Panagiotopoulos, Konstantinos Ahmad, Diab Konstantopoulos, Kostas J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Report Nevoid hyperkeratosis of the breast is a rare condition affecting the nipple, the areola or both. It appears in both sexes and it can by lateral or unilateral. It can also accompany other skin diseases or systemic conditions including malignancies. Treatment may not be easy due to aesthetic consequences but surgery seems to be the most preferable therapeutic option. We report such a case successfully managed by surgical intervention. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3339129/ /pubmed/22557856 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.94343 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Surgical Approach for Nevoid Hyperkeratosis of the Areola
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339129/
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