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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocd.16435 | DOI Listing |
J Cosmet Dermatol
October 2024
Dermatology Department, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Am J Dermatopathol
February 2008
Division of Dermatology, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Phymas (swellings, masses, or bulbs) are considered the end-stage of rosacea and mostly affect the nose (rhinophyma), and rarely involve the chin (gnatophyma), the cheek (metophyma), eyelids (blepharophyma), or ears (otophyma). Herein, we report the case of a 57-year-old man who developed unilateral enlargement of his left ear over 2 years. Biopsy revealed changes of rosaceous lymphedema associated with Demodex infestation.
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March 2002
Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximillian University, Frauenlobstrasse 9-11, D-80337 Munich, Germany.
Phymas are slowly progressive, disfiguring disorders of the face and ears that represent the end stage of rosacea, a common centrofacial dermatosis. Phymas are probably caused by the sequelae of chronic edema and its related connective tissue and sebaceous gland hypertrophy. Rhinophyma is the commonest among them.
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