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Sebaceous Hyperplasia Mimicking Linear Wart over Ear

Sebaceous hyperplasia (SH), a common, benign condition of sebaceous gland, presents most commonly over face. Lesions are usually described as asymptomatic, soft, discrete, and yellow with a surface that ranges from smooth to slightly verrucous. The pathogenesis is not fully understood. It does not r...

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Autores principales: Nair, Pragya A, Diwan, Nilofar G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4738484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26903746
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.171581
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description Sebaceous hyperplasia (SH), a common, benign condition of sebaceous gland, presents most commonly over face. Lesions are usually described as asymptomatic, soft, discrete, and yellow with a surface that ranges from smooth to slightly verrucous. The pathogenesis is not fully understood. It does not require treatment, but many time lesions can be cosmetically unfavorable than, need to be destroyed or excised. A case of 23-year-old male presenting with the skin colored to hyperpigmented linear hyperkeratotic plaque mimicking a wart, over the right ear is presented here, which was diagnosed as SH.
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spelling pubmed-47384842016-02-22 Sebaceous Hyperplasia Mimicking Linear Wart over Ear Nair, Pragya A Diwan, Nilofar G Int J Trichology Case Report Sebaceous hyperplasia (SH), a common, benign condition of sebaceous gland, presents most commonly over face. Lesions are usually described as asymptomatic, soft, discrete, and yellow with a surface that ranges from smooth to slightly verrucous. The pathogenesis is not fully understood. It does not require treatment, but many time lesions can be cosmetically unfavorable than, need to be destroyed or excised. A case of 23-year-old male presenting with the skin colored to hyperpigmented linear hyperkeratotic plaque mimicking a wart, over the right ear is presented here, which was diagnosed as SH. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4738484/ /pubmed/26903746 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.171581 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology 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 ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Sebaceous Hyperplasia Mimicking Linear Wart over Ear
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4738484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26903746
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.171581
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