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Pinocchio nasal deformity secondary to lymphangioma circumscriptum
Afşin Uysal1, Kaya Yildiz, Yüksel Kankaya
1Ankara Training and Research Hospital 1st Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Ankara, Turkey.
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|November 13, 2007
Abstract:
Pinocchio or Cyrano nasal tip deformity is a rare situation that develops secondary to the soft tissue tumors underneath. In literature, there is only one case reported with Pinocchio nasal deformity secondary to cavernous lymphangioma. In this study, we present a Pinocchio or Cyrano nasal deformity with skin involvement secondary to lymphangioma circumscriptum.
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