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Bilateral spectacle frame acanthoma
Author(s) -
BETTI R.,
INSELVINI E.,
POZZI G.,
CROSTI C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1994.tb01257.x
Subject(s) - spectacle , medicine , lesion , dermatology , frame (networking) , surgery , computer science , telecommunications , economics , market economy
Summary We report the case of a young white male with bilateral retroauricular spectacle frame acanthoma which developed within a few weeks of wearing ill‐fitting sunglasses. Bilateral cases have only rarely been reported. This lesion must be differentiated from malignant proliferative conditions.