Cutaneous Horn in Childhood: A Case Arising from Verrucaa Vulgaris.
- Author:
Dong Sik BANG
;
Seung Hun LEE
;
Sung Nack LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Child;
Male;
Female;
Humans;
Animals;
Biopsy
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1982;20(1):171-175
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
"Cutaneous horn", the clinical term first defined by Moncorps in 1931, has been used to describe those markedly hyperkeratotic growths resembling the horns of animals in shape and hardness. Recently, we observed a typical case of cutaneous horn in a 13-year-old child. He had a finger-tip sized, yellow-brown, hard, protruding tumor with surrounding erythema on the right little finger for 2 years. On microscopic examination, the biopsy specimen from the squamous epithelium of tbe base showed a typical verruca vulgaris. Total excision and skin graft were performed under general anesthesia.
