Pyogenic granuloma underlying cutaneous horn in a young boy

Cutaneous horn is an elongated, keratinous projection that usually occurs over the sun-exposed areas. It is a clinical diagnosis and may overlie any benign, premalignant, or malignant conditions. Treatment includes wide surgical excision with careful histological examination to exclude a focus of ma...

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Autores principales: Nair, Pragya A., Kota, Rahul Krishna S., Pilani, Abhisheik P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27057494
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.178086
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description Cutaneous horn is an elongated, keratinous projection that usually occurs over the sun-exposed areas. It is a clinical diagnosis and may overlie any benign, premalignant, or malignant conditions. Treatment includes wide surgical excision with careful histological examination to exclude a focus of malignancy. An unusual case of a pyogenic granuloma presenting as cutaneous horn on the lower lip in an 11-year-old boy is presented here.
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spelling pubmed-48045802016-04-07 Pyogenic granuloma underlying cutaneous horn in a young boy Nair, Pragya A. Kota, Rahul Krishna S. Pilani, Abhisheik P. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Cutaneous horn is an elongated, keratinous projection that usually occurs over the sun-exposed areas. It is a clinical diagnosis and may overlie any benign, premalignant, or malignant conditions. Treatment includes wide surgical excision with careful histological examination to exclude a focus of malignancy. An unusual case of a pyogenic granuloma presenting as cutaneous horn on the lower lip in an 11-year-old boy is presented here. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4804580/ /pubmed/27057494 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.178086 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal 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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