Rhinophyma - Surgery
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Sculpting resection of rhinophyma using the Shaw scalpel.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Rhinophyma is a disfiguring disorder of the nasal skin characterized by hypervascularity, sebaceous gland hyperplasia, occluded sebaceous ducts, and dermal fibrosis. It has no known effective medical treatment; however, a myriad of ... Read more...

[Gigantic nasal tumor]

30 Mar 2009 A space-occupying lesion, which had been growing on the external surface of the nose of a 57-year-old man for 5 years was considered to most likely be an angiofibroma after surgical removal and histological examination, but the final clinical ... Read more...

Management of mild to moderate rhinophyma with a radiofrequency.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: Rhinophyma is characterized by an enlarged, bulbous, and red nose resulting from the enlargement of the sebaceous glands beneath the surface of the skin on the nose. Its etiology remains unclear. Treatment of the disease is controversial. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rhinophyma - Surgery'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sculpting resection of rhinophyma using the Shaw scalpel. 29 Jun 2009
• Coblation-assisted decortication for the treatment of rhinophyma. 30 May 2009
• [Gigantic nasal tumor] 30 Mar 2009
• Management of mild to moderate rhinophyma with a radiofrequency. 27 Feb 2009
• 'A close shave' -- use of a disposable razor blade in the management of rhinophyma. 27 Feb 2009
• Rhinophyma treated with cryosurgery. 27 Feb 2009
• Rhinophyma: a giant presentation. 17 Feb 2009
• Treatment of massive rhinophyma by combined electrosurgery and CO2 laser. 30 Dec 2008
• Combined carbon dioxide laser and bipolar electrocoagulation: another option to treat rhinophyma. 30 Dec 2008
• [Treatment of a voluminous rhinophyma] 16 Nov 2008
• [The role of Versajet in the surgical treatment of rhinophyma. Case report] 19 Oct 2008
• Surgical removal of rhinophyma. 29 Sep 2008
• Basal cell carcinoma and rhinophyma. 29 Sep 2008
• Giant rhinophyma in a bronchial asthma patient treated by excision and full thickness skin grafting. 13 Sep 2008
• Rhinophyma: diagnosis and treatment options for a disfiguring tumor of the nose. 29 Jun 2008
• Surgical treatment of rhinophyma. 30 Mar 2008
• [CO2 laser treatment of rhinophyma] 30 Dec 2007
• [Rhinofima removed by means of a cold-plasma surgical device Koblator] 30 Dec 2007
• [A case of severe rhinophyma] 30 Dec 2007
• [Otophyma, zygophyma and giant rhinophyma: a rare association] 21 Oct 2007

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Technical information about 'Rhinophyma'

Definition: A manifestation of severe ROSACEA resulting in significant enlargement of the NOSE and occurring primarily in men. It is caused by hypertrophy of the SEBACEOUS GLANDS and surrounding CONNECTIVE TISSUE. The nose is reddened and marked with TELANGIECTASIS.

Descriptor UI: D012224

Alternative terms: Rhinophyma; Rhinophymas;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C17.800.716.500; C17.800.794.650;

Online Note: search ROSACEA 1966-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under ROSACEA 1975-90