Lichen striatus is an uncommon unilateral inflammatory linear papular dermatosis of uncertain etiology. It most commonly affects the extremities and has a self-limiting course. Nail involvement in lichen striatus is a very rare reported finding and is a cause of a deformity of the nail plate. It tends to have a more prolonged course for cutaneous eruptions than disease limited only to the skin. Characteristic histopathological features are important to differentiate this condition from other linear lesions that may interfere with nail growth. Three cases of lichen striatus with onychodystrophy are presented herein.
Congenital Abnormalities ; Extremities ; Lichens* ; Skin ; Skin Diseases

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Cleft Lip* ; Congenital Abnormalities* ; Skin*

48 cases of facial skin cancer (18 males, 30 females, aged 8-83 years) were admitted in Hue Central Hospital in 1996 – 2003 period. Among them, basocell cancers were common and leading causes on the face and neck areas. The disease occurred mainly in > 50 years old age, more common in female than in male, in rural people than in urban and most occurred in the centre of the face. Sun irradiation was the mainly important risk factor. Clinically, basocell cancer on the face was detected late with slow progress, little gland and no far metastasis. Basocell cancers had got good prognosis. Large removal the surrounding tissues and using local flap flexibly according the concrete site gave good outcomes functionally and esthetically.
Skin Neoplasms ; Case reports ; Maxillofacial Abnormalities ; Therapeutics

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Skin Abnormalities ; Herpesviridae Infections ; Pigmentation Disorders ; Hamartoma

Cryptotia is a congenital anomaly of the auricle that the upper pole of the auricular cartilage is buried beneath the skin of the scalp and auriculocephalic sulcus is obliterated. In addition, there is often a deformity of the antihelix, especially its superior crus. The principle of the surgery is to deepen the auriculocephalic sulcus, to correct deformed cartilage and to correct the malposition. For the correction of the bilateral cryptotia, we have applied the modified Ohmori's method and have obtained good result without complication. We report this case with a review of related literature.
Cartilage ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Ear Cartilage ; Scalp ; Skin

Cryptotia is a congenital auricular anomaly found more commonly in orientals than whites. It is characterizaed by the invagination of the upper part of the auricle under the temporal skin and deformity of the auricular cartilage. Surgeries to correct cryptotia principally involves addition of skin to the deficient retroauricular sulcus and cartilage plasty. We have developed a surgical method using modified retroauricular flap and have obtained good result without complication. We hereby report a surgical case with discussion and review of literatures.
Cartilage ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Ear Cartilage ; Skin

An eccrine nevus is a rare hamartoma characterized by an increase in the number or size of eccrine glands. Eccrine nevi usually present as localized hyperhidrosis and are not associated with overlying skin abnormalities. However, among the cases that have been reported in the literature, some unique presentations of eccrine nevi have been demonstrated, including a pigmented patch, a depressed nodule, linear papules, and a sacral skin tag. Herein, we report two unusual cases of coccygeal polypoid eccrine nevi and review the literature.
Coccyx ; Eccrine Glands ; Hamartoma ; Hyperhidrosis ; Nevus ; Skin ; Skin Abnormalities

This paper presents the corrective surgical methods of lop ear deformities based on the degree of helical constriction. The deformities were corrected by antihelical tubing procedure and/or cartilage graft. The additional skin coverage, if required, was obtained by postauricular V-Y advancement flap or Grotting flap. Total 22 lop ear deformities were corrected including nine tubing procedures, three cartilage grafts and ten cartilage grafts combined with tubing procedure. All patients were followed up more than one year and most of them maintained natural auricular appearances.
Cartilage* ; Congenital Abnormalities* ; Constriction ; Ear* ; Humans ; Skin ; Transplants*

The nose occupies the most prominent position of the face, a position that makes it vulnerable to loss and deformity by trauma. The degree of loss and deformity usually dictates the type and quantity of tissue required for the most satisfactory reconstruction. The surgeon must consider all of the alternatives to reach the goal with the fewest number of procedures in the most predictable manner and to leave the least amount of donor deformity. Composite grafts of auricular skin and cartilage have been used for comparatively small nasal tip defect. We have reconstructed the nasal tip defect including alar and collumellar defect by 3 dimensional folding of composite ear graft. The method was satisfactory in achieving a good nasal projection. We report this method with the related references.
Cartilage ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Ear* ; Humans ; Nose ; Skin ; Tissue Donors ; Transplants*

PURPOSE: The major drawback of submuscular augmentation of the ptotic breast is a "double-bubble" deformity. If a traditional mastopexy is added to correct the ptosis, there would be additional scars. This article describes simultaneous periareolar mastopexy with dual plane or subfascial breast augmentations. METHODS: A series of 81 patients with grade I or II ptosis underwent the procedure from 1999 to 2005. Out of these, dual plane augmentation was done in 71 cases and subfascial plane in 10. After periareolar skin excision, an incision is made perpendicularly down to the fascia of pectoralis. At the lower pole, all breast implants are inserted into the subfascial plane. In case of upper pole thickness of above 20mm, we inserted the implant into the subfascial plane, whereas below 20mm, we inserted that into the submuscular plane. RESULTS: No major complications were noted and patients' satisfactory score was high. This technique avoids the "double-bubble" deformity and leaves a minimal periareolar scar. CONCLUSION: Simultaneous periareolar mastopexy/ breast augmentation is useful for correction of the ptotic breast, increasing the volume of breast and providing the natural breast shape with minimal scars. We consider that subfascial plane augmentation with periareolar mastopexy to be an alternative for cases with breast upper pole thickness of at least above 20mm.
Breast ; Breast Implants ; Cicatrix ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Fascia ; Humans ; Skin