Giant Cutaneous Horn

Czech version

Authors: L. Petrů ¹; V. Plechatá ¹; I. Píchová ¹; R. Žalud ²
Authors‘ workplace: Kožní oddělení, Oblastní nemocnice Kolín, a. s. primářka MUDr. Věra Plechatá ¹; Patologické oddělení, Oblastní nemocnice Kolín, a. s. primář MUDr. Radim Žalud ²
Published in: Čes-slov Derm, 84, 2009, No. 4, p. 204-206
Category: Case Reports

Overview

Cutaneous horn is a result of hyperkeratosis, which develops over the surface of various hyperproliferative lesions. Giant cutaneous horn is extremely rare. The authors present a rare case of a giant cutaneous horn on the scalp of a 75-year-old patient developing in the site of epithelial proliferation with masive keratinization.

Key words:
cutaneous horn – giant cutaneous horn – massive keratinization

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Czech-Slovak Dermatology

2009 Issue 4