Cutaneous Horn in Helix of Right Ear: Presentation of a Case

Authors

  • Alcira Torres Third Year Resident of the Postgraduate Program in Dermatology, University of Carabobo, Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital City, Valencia, Venezuela Author
  • Elianny Andazora Internist Dermatologist, University of Carabobo, Venezuela Author
  • Sandra Vivas Internal Medicine Physician, Dermatologist, Head of the Dermatology Department at Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital City, Full Professor at the School of Medicine and Postgraduate Coordinator of Dermatology at the University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JDMRS/2025(6)187

Keywords:

Cutaneous Horn, Conical, Photoexposed Areas

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The cutaneous horn as a keratotic lesion, the height of which must exceed at least one half of the diameter of its base. It is characterized by being conical and circumscribed that varies from a few millimeters to several centimeters, white or yellowish in color, and looks like an animal horn. Presenting mainly in photoexposed areas of the face and trunk, with a predilection in the female sex. A case is presented of an elderly male patient, a farmer by profession, with a history of high blood pressure, who had a large cutaneous horn on his right ear. Therefore, it was decided to perform a complete excision of the lesion, and the histopathological study confirmed the diagnosis, with no finding of malignancy.

Author Biographies

  • Alcira Torres, Third Year Resident of the Postgraduate Program in Dermatology, University of Carabobo, Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital City, Valencia, Venezuela

    Alcira Torres,Third Year Resident of the Postgraduate Program in Dermatology, University of Carabobo, Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital City, Valencia, Venezuela

  • Elianny Andazora, Internist Dermatologist, University of Carabobo, Venezuela

    Internist Dermatologist, University of Carabobo, Venezuela

  • Sandra Vivas, Internal Medicine Physician, Dermatologist, Head of the Dermatology Department at Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital City, Full Professor at the School of Medicine and Postgraduate Coordinator of Dermatology at the University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela

    Internal Medicine Physician, Dermatologist, Head of the Dermatology Department at Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital City, Full Professor at the School of Medicine and Postgraduate Coordinator of Dermatology at the University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela

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Published

2025-11-28

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 11 (2025): Volume 6 Issue11

Section

Articles