An Innocent Giant

A cutaneous horn (cornu cutaneum) is a protrusion from the skin composed of a cornified material. It may be associated with a benign, premalignant, or malignant lesion at the base, masking numerous dermatoses. In a 24-year-old female, a giant cutaneous horn arising from a seborrheic keratosis locate...

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Autores principales: Solanki, Lakhan Singh, Dhingra, Mandeep, Raghubanshi, Gunjan, Thami, Gurvinder Pal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25484426
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.143582
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author Solanki, Lakhan Singh
Dhingra, Mandeep
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Thami, Gurvinder Pal
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description A cutaneous horn (cornu cutaneum) is a protrusion from the skin composed of a cornified material. It may be associated with a benign, premalignant, or malignant lesion at the base, masking numerous dermatoses. In a 24-year-old female, a giant cutaneous horn arising from a seborrheic keratosis located on the leg is presented. This case has been reported to emphasize that a giant cutaneous horn may also occur in young patients, even in photoprotected areas, and are not always associated with malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-42485342014-12-05 An Innocent Giant Solanki, Lakhan Singh Dhingra, Mandeep Raghubanshi, Gunjan Thami, Gurvinder Pal Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report A cutaneous horn (cornu cutaneum) is a protrusion from the skin composed of a cornified material. It may be associated with a benign, premalignant, or malignant lesion at the base, masking numerous dermatoses. In a 24-year-old female, a giant cutaneous horn arising from a seborrheic keratosis located on the leg is presented. This case has been reported to emphasize that a giant cutaneous horn may also occur in young patients, even in photoprotected areas, and are not always associated with malignancy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4248534/ /pubmed/25484426 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.143582 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology 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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