A CASE OF THE ELEPHANT MAN PHENOTYPE WITH GIANT RHINOPHYMA AND BENIGNSYMMETRICAL LIPOMATOSIS

Authors
IZU R GARDEAZABAL J BEJAR J AGUIRRE A DIAZPEREZ JL
Citation
R. Izu et al., A CASE OF THE ELEPHANT MAN PHENOTYPE WITH GIANT RHINOPHYMA AND BENIGNSYMMETRICAL LIPOMATOSIS, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 19(6), 1994, pp. 531-533
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Clinical and experimental dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
531 - 533
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1994)19:6<531:ACOTEM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We described an unusual male patient with two disfiguring diseases, be nign symmetric lipomatosis and giant rhinophyma, which gave him a grot esque appearance. His physical appearance had isolated him from the re st of society and was probably the main reason for his alcohol abuse.