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Breast horn; A rare case presentation

INTRODUCTION: Breast Cutaneous Horn is a rare case whereby they are basically just nodules composed of keratin projecting above the surface the skin. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 63-year-old lady, para 6 presented with a horn like growth for the past 2 years associated with itchiness. The horn increased...

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Autores principales: Varughese, Bhirrinta, Sharif, Siti Zubaidah, Yee, Ho Kah, Nik Lah, Nik Amin Sahid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9142394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35638062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103598
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author Varughese, Bhirrinta
Sharif, Siti Zubaidah
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Nik Lah, Nik Amin Sahid
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description INTRODUCTION: Breast Cutaneous Horn is a rare case whereby they are basically just nodules composed of keratin projecting above the surface the skin. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 63-year-old lady, para 6 presented with a horn like growth for the past 2 years associated with itchiness. The horn increased in size to about a length of 5 cm associated with on and off itchiness over the horn. No signs and symptoms of malignancy. As comorbidities, patient has hypertension and dyslipidemia which is well controlled on medications. An ultrasound of the breast revealed cutaneous lesion at upper quadrant associated with adjacent skin thickening and no extension into breast parenchyma. A bedside excision was done and the specimen was sent for Histopathology. Histopathology of the lesion revealed Verruca Vulgaris. DISCUSSION: This case brings to our attention a rare presentation of cutaneous horn over the breast along with its histological findings helping us to distinguish it with other similar cases. Best management would be by excision and to making sure to get a good specimen of the base for dermatopathological evaluation purpose. CONCLUSION: Cutaneous horns are usually benign lesions. However, there are chances of it being malignant. Therefore, it is best for early intervention such as excision followed by histopathological review for further thorough management.
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spelling pubmed-91423942022-05-29 Breast horn; A rare case presentation Varughese, Bhirrinta Sharif, Siti Zubaidah Yee, Ho Kah Nik Lah, Nik Amin Sahid Ann Med Surg (Lond) Case Report INTRODUCTION: Breast Cutaneous Horn is a rare case whereby they are basically just nodules composed of keratin projecting above the surface the skin. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 63-year-old lady, para 6 presented with a horn like growth for the past 2 years associated with itchiness. The horn increased in size to about a length of 5 cm associated with on and off itchiness over the horn. No signs and symptoms of malignancy. As comorbidities, patient has hypertension and dyslipidemia which is well controlled on medications. An ultrasound of the breast revealed cutaneous lesion at upper quadrant associated with adjacent skin thickening and no extension into breast parenchyma. A bedside excision was done and the specimen was sent for Histopathology. Histopathology of the lesion revealed Verruca Vulgaris. DISCUSSION: This case brings to our attention a rare presentation of cutaneous horn over the breast along with its histological findings helping us to distinguish it with other similar cases. Best management would be by excision and to making sure to get a good specimen of the base for dermatopathological evaluation purpose. CONCLUSION: Cutaneous horns are usually benign lesions. However, there are chances of it being malignant. Therefore, it is best for early intervention such as excision followed by histopathological review for further thorough management. Elsevier 2022-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9142394/ /pubmed/35638062 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103598 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9142394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35638062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103598
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