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Maj Donald W. Acker, MC, USAF; Elson B. Helwig, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1967;95(3):250-254.

Abstract
Forty-seven patients with rhinophyma were studied, five of whom had basal cell carcinoma of the nose. The microscopic changes of rhinophyma are characterized by epidermal epithelial hyperplasia and pilosebaceous gland hyperplasia, fibrosis, inflammation, and telangiectasia of the corium. It would appear that the incidence of basal cell carcinoma in rhinophyma is significantly greater than in the skin of normal noses. This indication of greater incidence among rhinophyma patients should be examined further by a study of the incidence of rhinophyma among basal cell carcinoma patients.

Author Affiliations
Washington, DC

From the Registry of Dermal Pathology, American Registry of Pathology, and the Dermal Pathology Branch, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC. Maj Acker is presently at the USAF Hospital, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 21, 1966.

Reprint requests to Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20305 (Dr. Helwig).

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