Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects

“Paraffinoma” is a well-recognized complication of paraffin oil injection into various body parts for an aesthetic purpose. After a variable latency phase, paraffinoma can present as a wide range of clinical symptoms. This paper is a case report of surgical excision of the paraffinoma and subsequent...

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Autores principales: Heo, Jae-Woo, Kim, Baek Kyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29969847
http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2018.01865
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description “Paraffinoma” is a well-recognized complication of paraffin oil injection into various body parts for an aesthetic purpose. After a variable latency phase, paraffinoma can present as a wide range of clinical symptoms. This paper is a case report of surgical excision of the paraffinoma and subsequent reconstruction of the associated skin defect on bilateral preauricular cheeks, manifesting 50 years after a primary injection.
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spelling pubmed-61776782018-10-11 Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects Heo, Jae-Woo Kim, Baek Kyu Arch Craniofac Surg Case Report “Paraffinoma” is a well-recognized complication of paraffin oil injection into various body parts for an aesthetic purpose. After a variable latency phase, paraffinoma can present as a wide range of clinical symptoms. This paper is a case report of surgical excision of the paraffinoma and subsequent reconstruction of the associated skin defect on bilateral preauricular cheeks, manifesting 50 years after a primary injection. Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2018-09 2018-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6177678/ /pubmed/29969847 http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2018.01865 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects
title Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects
title_full Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects
title_fullStr Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects
title_full_unstemmed Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects
title_short Paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects
title_sort paraffinoma induced bilateral preauricular cheek skin defects
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29969847
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