Miliary Osteoma Cutis of the Face in Middle-aged Women.
- Author:
Kyu Chul CHOI
1
;
In Guk SONG
;
Chan Ho NA
;
Bong Seok SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Chosun University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. derm75@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Face;
Miliary;
Osteoma cutis
- MeSH:
Acne Vulgaris;
Bone Diseases, Metabolic;
Cheek;
Dermis;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Ossification, Heterotopic;
Osteogenesis;
Osteoma;
Skin;
Skin Diseases, Genetic
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2010;48(7):586-589
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Miliary osteoma cutis of the face is a variant of osteoma cutis, and this malady occurs in middle-aged to older women with or without a previous history of acne vulgaris. Case 1 is a 54-year-old woman who presented with asymptomatic, multiple, 2~3 mm-diameter, skin-colored, firm papules on both cheeks and she'd had these lesions for 10 years. Case 2 is a 61-year-old woman who showed the same type of skin lesions on both cheeks and temporal areas for 10 years. Histopathological examinations for the two cases revealed compact bone formation in the dermis. We report here on 2 rare cases of miliary osteoma cutis of the face.
