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01-05-2012 | Case Report

Rhinophyma: uncommon affliction in a black African

Authors: Chubado Tahir, Bashir M. Ibrahim, Haruna A. Nggada, Ahmed A. Mayun

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 5/2012

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Rhinophyma was observed from ancient times in Greece and first named by Hebrea in 1845 [1]. Rhinophyma is a disfiguring and distressing lesion of the nose arising from chronic inflammation and sebaceous gland hyperplasia. It is an advanced form of rosacea. This disease though common in Europeans and Celtic region [2, 3] is rare in coloured races and black Africans [4‐7]. The incidence of rhinophyma is 6–20 times greater in men, and the role of androgenic hormonal influence as a risk factor has been postulated [8]. …

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Title: Rhinophyma: uncommon affliction in a black African
Authors: Chubado Tahir
Bashir M. Ibrahim
Haruna A. Nggada
Ahmed A. Mayun
Publication date: 01-05-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 5/2012
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-011-0599-5

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