Giant Cutaneous Horn (Cornu Cutaneum) Developing from a Hypertrophic Burn Scar. (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cosansu, Nur Cihan; Cetiner, Tuba; Yuksekal, Gülcan
• Is Part Of: Advances in skin & wound care. Volume 35:Number 2(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: burn -- cornu cutaneum -- cutaneous horn -- hypertrophic -- lesion -- scar; Wounds and injuries -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Wound healing -- Periodicals; Skin -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Dermatology -- United States -- Periodicals; 617.106
• DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000803244.68403.c8
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1527-7941

Abstract

Abstract : ABSTRACT: A cornu cutaneum (CC) is a rare lesion. This case report describes a 63-year-old woman with a giant CC lesion on her right hip arising from a hypertrophic burn scar at its base. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case described in the literature of a CC that developed from a burn scar.