Gnatophyma: a rare form of rosacea Gnatofima: uma forma rara de rosácea

• Main Authors: Ana Carolina Lisboa de Macedo (Author), Fernanda Dias Pacheco Sakai (Author), Rossana Cantanhede Farias de Vasconcelos (Author), Artur Antonio Duarte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Phyma is the last stage of rosacea and is due to chronic inflammation and edema. It can affect nose (rhinophyma), chin (gnatophyma), forehead (metophyma), ears (otophyma) and eyelids (blepharophyma). Rhinophyma is the most frequent location and there are few reports about gnatophyma. We report the c...