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

Cosansu N. C., Cetiner T., Yuksekal G.

Advances in skin & wound care, vol.35, no.2, pp.125-127, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/01.asw.0000803244.68403.c8
  • Journal Name: Advances in skin & wound care
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, PASCAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.125-127
  • Keywords: burn, cornu cutaneum, cutaneous horn, hypertrophic, lesion, scar
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.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.