Open AccessThe curled sebaceous horn
Author(s) -
Ramdass Michael J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.454
Subject(s) - french horn , medicine , etiology , basal cell , dermatology , pathology , anatomy , psychology , pedagogy
Key Clinical Message The mysterious sebaceous horn (devil's horn) is a historically perplexing phenomenon of unknown etiology. It classically occurs on the sun‐exposed areas of the face and hands and consists of a keratin mound with a benign base in most cases and squamous cell carcinoma occurring in about 20% of patients.