The Clinical Spectrum of Phyma: A Case Report of Rhino-Metophyma and Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Phyma of the nose, or rhinophyma, is considered a diagnostic clinical phenotype of rosacea. Rarely, phyma manifestations may be present on the chin (gnathophyma), ear (otophyma), forehead (metophyma) and eyelids (blepharophyma). The purpose of this paper was to present a case of rhino-metophyma and to review the literature on the topic.

Case presentation

A 74-year-old Caucasian male with a history of inflammatory rosacea, complained of marked nasal and frontal skin thickening. Based on clinical, ultrasound, and histopathological examination, the diagnosis of rhino-metophyma was formulated. A literature review from 2000 to 2024 revealed 14 cases of rhinophyma associated with other localizations: 7 cases of rhino-otophyma, 4 of rhino-gnathophyma, and 3 of rhino-me

SUBMITTER: Luppino I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306974 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature