January 27th, 2008, by Digital Davo | rhinophyma
Hot on the tails of the recent paper about getting rosacea on areas other than your face comes this paper about rosacea related swelling and growth of the ear. This case report covers a patient who had an enlarged ear which was found to be caused by the same sort of rosacea growth seen in rhinophyma - called lymphedema. An additional suggestion is that …
September 26th, 2006, by Digital Davo | accutane, rhinophyma
If you are suffering from early stage rhinophyma you may like to consider accutane. There are some good, recently published articles that focus on rosacea and low-dose accutane. It is more difficult to find studies that specificially address treating rhinophyma with accutane.
Unfortunately doctors are finding it harder and harder to prescribe accutane. The wikipedia page on iPledge (the mandatory distribution program in the United States for isotretinoin) …
July 5th, 2006, by Digital Davo | rhinophyma
New surgical adjuncts in the treatment of rhinophyma: the microdebrider and FloSeal.
Short Communication. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 2003 Jul;117(7):551-2. Kaushik V, Tahery J, Malik TH, Jones PH. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
The paper’s author was kind enough to supply a copy of the paper. Email me if you’d like to read …
March 7th, 2006, by Digital Davo | rhinophyma
Basal cell carcinoma lurking within gross rhinophymaDennis John Mckenna, MBChB, Kevin Mckenna, MD, MBChB, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United KingdomA 77-year-old man with long-standing gross rhinophyma developed a 6- by 8-mm ulcerated nodular lesion on the right side of his nose. Such a lesion would normally have been clinically obvious when occurring on normal skin. However, given the soft tissue hypertrophy …
December 29th, 2005, by Digital Davo | rhinophyma
Rhinophyma treated with kilovoltage photonsAustralasian Journal of Dermatology, Volume 46 Page 88 - May 2005CASE REPORT, Marketa Skala, Geoffrey Delaney, Vincent Towell and Nevin Vladica A 72-year-old retired truck driver presented with a 10-year history of rhinophyma and was successfully treated with 90-kV photons to a total dose of 40 Gy in 20 daily fractions. A brief …
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