ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL SEBACEOUS HORN- A RARE CASE
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 33
Abstract
PRESENTATION OF CASE A 42-year-old male presented with a raised, painless growth over the anterior abdominal wall of more than six years duration. The clinical examination demonstrated a coneshaped horn-like growth [Figure-1]. After careful and detailed physical examination, the lesion was excised, and abdominal wall defect was repaired with satisfactory result. Specimen was evaluated microscopically. Microscopically, the horn consisted of a mixture of squamous epithelial cells and trichilemmal keratinised debris. The follow-up was uneventful without signs of recurrence. Sebaceous horn or cutaneous horn of anterior abdominal wall is a rare clinical entity. The case of a giant sebaceous horn on the anterior abdominal wall presenting in a 42-year-male, which was successfully excised, and defect repaired was reported.
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Shanta B. Patil, Raviprakash Raviprakash
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- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2018/837
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