RHINOPHYMA

1 November 1932

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

Vol. 26 (5) , 834-837
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1932.01450030835007

Abstract

Rhinophyma with tumefaction of a similar type occurring elsewhere on the face has seldom been reported. Stelwagon¹mentioned that thickening of the skin on the forehead and chin has been found associated with the hypertrophic lesions on the nose. A similar statement was made by Thibierge.²Gibbon³reported three cases of rhinophyma in which the condition was treated by decortication; one of the patients presented small sessile masses of hypertrophic skin on the cheeks. In no instance was there marked formation of tumors except on the nose, while in the case to be reported the condition was most marked on the chin. REPORT OF A CASE History.—Mrs. V. K., aged 21, entered the clinic on July 7, 1931, with lesions on the nose and chin which had their onset four years before and had gradually increased in size. She related that the condition started with

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