Rhinophyma: Diagnosis and treatment options for a disfiguring tumor of the nose

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-120

  Sadick, Haneen ^a,b   Goepel, Bjoern ^a   Bersch, Claus ^b   Goessler, Ulrich ^a   Hoermann, Karl ^a   Riedel, Frank ^a  

^a Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rhinophyma; Rhinophyma surgery; Rosacea

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ISOTRETINOIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RETINOID;

ACNE; ARGON LASER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOSURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NOSE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SKIN ABRASION; AGED; HYPERTROPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SEBACEOUS GLAND;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHINOPHYMA; SEBACEOUS GLANDS;

EID: 48149099765     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31815f12d2     Document Type: Review

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