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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 23;90(4):580-582.
doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i4.7409.

A giant keratoacanthoma of the cheek

Edoardo Pica Alfieri  1 , Andrea Sisti, Giuseppe Nisi, Cesare Brandi, Luca Grimaldi, Carlo D'Aniello
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Case Reports

A giant keratoacanthoma of the cheek

Edoardo Pica Alfieri et al. Acta Biomed. .

Abstract

Keratoacanthoma (KA) is a cutaneous tumor arising on sun-exposed skin and characterized by self-limiting growth and involution. We reported a case of a 92-year-old man presented a 4.5x3.5 cm nodular lesion with a central keratin-filled crater on his left cheek. We performed surgical excision and histopathological examination revealed a keratoacanthoma with perineural invasion. A close follow-up was carried out. (www.actabiomedica.it).

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Each author declares that he or she has no commercial associations (e.g. consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangement etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Preoperative and postoperative pictures. a) and b): Keratoacanthoma: a 4.5x3.5 cm skin horn lesion with crateriform architecture filled with a keratin plug and no signs of inflammation in peripheral skin; c: Postoperative image
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