rhinophyma /rhi·no·phy·ma/ (-fi´mah) a form of rosacea marked by redness, sebaceous hyperplasia, and nodular swelling and congestion of the skin of the nose.
Rhinophyma
rhinophyma
rhinophyma [ri″no-fi´mah]
rhinophyma
rhi·no·phy·ma (r  n -f m )n. Hypertrophy of the nose with follicular dilation resulting from hyperplasia of sebaceous glands accompanied by fibrosis and increased vascularity. |
Rhinophyma
Long-term swelling and overgrowth in skin tissue of the nose that leaves it with a knobby bulb-like look.
Mentioned in: Rosacea
rhinophyma
[rī′nōfī′mə]
Etymology: Gk, rhis + phyma, tumor
a form of rosacea in which there is sebaceous hyperplasia, redness, prominent vascularity, swelling, and distortion of the skin of the nose. Treatment includes dermabrasion, electrosurgery, plastic surgery, and laser resurfacing. See also rosacea.
rhinophyma [ri″no-fi´mah]
a manifestation of severe rosacea involving the lower half of the nose and sometimes spreading to adjacent cheek areas, usually seen in adult males, and characterized by thickened, lobulated overgrowth of sebaceous glands and epithelial connective tissue.
rhinophyma
Bulbous nose, WC Fields nose ENT A nasal nosology not known in ♀, which is an end-stage acne rosacea, producing a bulbous proboscis. See Acne rosacea.
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