Bilateral gigantic earlobe keloids
Filipe Brogueira Rodrigues, Catarina Bekerman, João Sousa, Joana Vieira and Vitor Ramalhinho
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-1-91
Clin Med February 2016 Filipe Brogueira Rodrigues
ADepartment of Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Roles: MD
Catarina Bekerman
BDepartment of Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Roles: MD
João Sousa
CDepartment of Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Roles: MD
Joana Vieira
DDepartment of Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Roles: MD
Vitor Ramalhinho
EDepartment of Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Roles: MD
A 90-year-old woman of African descent was admitted to our department. Stiff, painless, multilobulated, earlobe masses were noted bilaterally (Fig 1). The lesions appeared after ear piercing during childhood and progressed further after a surgical resection attempt 20 years ago. Biopsy wasn't attempted due to risk of progression. The clinical diagnosis of keloids was established and the patient was offered a dermatology follow-up.
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Bilateral gigantic earlobe keloids
Filipe Brogueira Rodrigues, Catarina Bekerman, João Sousa, Joana Vieira, Vitor Ramalhinho
Clinical Medicine Feb 2016, 16 (1) 91; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-1-91
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