'Clown nose' (CN) is the common medical term referring to a reddish-brown bulge involving the tip of the nose, reminding of a clown's fake red nose. Reports about these tumours are scarce. Most reports refer to metastatic skin manifestation of systemic malignancies: this condition has been rarely described as a primary skin neoplasm. We report a case of a 31-year-old patient with a giant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the nose which evolved into a CN. After ruling out genetic or immune risk factors, the patient was treated with surgical excision of the lesion and local reconstruction with good aesthetic outcome and no recurrence over a 2-year follow-up.
Clown nose : a case of disfiguring nodular squamous cell carcinoma of the face / G. Colletti, F. Allevi, L. Moneghini, M. Palvarini. - In: BMJ CASE REPORT. - ISSN 1757-790X. - 2014:(2014 Jan 31), pp. bcr2013200471.1-bcr2013200471.4. [10.1136/bcr-2013-200471]
Clown nose : a case of disfiguring nodular squamous cell carcinoma of the face
G. Colletti
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2014
Abstract
'Clown nose' (CN) is the common medical term referring to a reddish-brown bulge involving the tip of the nose, reminding of a clown's fake red nose. Reports about these tumours are scarce. Most reports refer to metastatic skin manifestation of systemic malignancies: this condition has been rarely described as a primary skin neoplasm. We report a case of a 31-year-old patient with a giant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the nose which evolved into a CN. After ruling out genetic or immune risk factors, the patient was treated with surgical excision of the lesion and local reconstruction with good aesthetic outcome and no recurrence over a 2-year follow-up.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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