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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan 11;14(1):e239860.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239860.

Giant rhinophyma

Stuti Chowdhary  1 , Arun Alexander  2
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Case Reports

Giant rhinophyma

Stuti Chowdhary et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: dermatology; otolaryngology / ENT; plastic and reconstructive surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The front view of the patient, showing the benign-appearing rhinophyma or ‘potato nose’.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The elongated, bulbous growth as shown resembles the elephant God ‘Ganesh’.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Low-power scanning view of the histopathology of the excised lesion shows dermal and epidermal thickening (marked with a hollow arrow), sebaceous gland hypertrophy and myxoid stroma admixed with lymphocytes and plasma cells (marked with an asterisk). Stained with H&E.
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