Surgical management of giant acne keloidalis nuchae lesions

Acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) is a progressive inflammatory condition that affects posterior neck and occiput. Treatment options include antibiotics, steroids, lasers, radiotherapy and surgery. We present three patients with advanced ‘tumor-stage’ AKN that underwent radical local excision followed by...

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Autores principales: Galarza, Laura I., Azar, Camille A., Al Hmada, Youssef, Medina, Abelardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34568514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2021.1982392
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author Galarza, Laura I.
Azar, Camille A.
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description Acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) is a progressive inflammatory condition that affects posterior neck and occiput. Treatment options include antibiotics, steroids, lasers, radiotherapy and surgery. We present three patients with advanced ‘tumor-stage’ AKN that underwent radical local excision followed by either immediate or delayed skin resurfacing, and briefly review existing literature.
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spelling pubmed-84628372021-09-25 Surgical management of giant acne keloidalis nuchae lesions Galarza, Laura I. Azar, Camille A. Al Hmada, Youssef Medina, Abelardo Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report Acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) is a progressive inflammatory condition that affects posterior neck and occiput. Treatment options include antibiotics, steroids, lasers, radiotherapy and surgery. We present three patients with advanced ‘tumor-stage’ AKN that underwent radical local excision followed by either immediate or delayed skin resurfacing, and briefly review existing literature. Taylor & Francis 2021-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8462837/ /pubmed/34568514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2021.1982392 Text en © 2021 University of Mississippi Medical Center. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://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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