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Giant cutaneous horn on squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip

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Cutaneous horn is a clinical term describing morphologic or epithelial changes of the skin. These changes give this lesion a conical shape characteristic that resembles a miniature animal horn. Such lesions usually appear on sun-exposed skin areas and can overlie certain benign, premalignant, or malignant lesions.

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  1. ENT Department, General Hospital of Volos, Volos, Greece

    C. Skoulakis, E. Theos & P. Chlopsidis

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Crete, Crete, Greece

    A. G. Manios

  3. Dimitriados 50, Volos, 38333, Greece

    A. Feritsean

  4. ENT Department, Chania General Hospital, Crete, Greece

    C. E. Papadakis

  5. Dimitriados 50, Volos, 38333, Greece

    C. Skoulakis

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Skoulakis, C., Theos, E., Chlopsidis, P. et al. Giant cutaneous horn on squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip. Eur J Plast Surg 32, 257–259 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-009-0338-3

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