Rhinophyma treated by excision and full-thickness skin grafting under local analgesia

Abstract

A seventy-three-year-old man presented with a complaint of enlarged nose. The diagnosis was made as rhinophyma and the mass was excised under local anesthesia. The involved tissues including the col- umellar, alar, and dorsal nasal skin were removed by preserving the perichondrium and periosteum. A full- thickness skin graft was obtained from the supra- clavicular region and transferred to the defect area with a tie-over dressing. An acceptable texture and color adaptation of the skin graft was obtained at the end of one-year follow-up period.

Keywords

• Rhinophyma/surgery, skin transplantation/ methods

Rinofimanın lokal anestezi altında deri grefti ile tedavisi

Abstract

Yetmifl üç yaflında erkek hasta burunda büyüme ya- kınması ile baflvurdu. Sorun rinofima olarak değer- lendirildi ve kitle lokal anestezi altında eksize edildi. Kolumella, burun ucu bölgesi, burun kanatları bölge- si ve burun sırtı derisini kapsayan, perikondrium ve periostu koruyan doku rezeksiyonu yapıldı. Hemos- tazı takiben defektli alana supraklaviküler alandan alınan tam kalınlıkta deri grefti bohça pansuman desteği ile taflındı. Bir yıl sonraki kontrollerde renk ve kalite olarak deri greftinin bölgeye iyi uyum sağla- dığı gözlendi

Keywords

• Rinofima/cerrahi, deri transplantasyonu/yöntem .

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