%0 Journal Article %T Rinofima severo %A Tronocoso R %A Antonio %A Torrealba P %A Ram¨®n %A Boz¨¢n S %A Fernando %A Lazo C %A ¨¢ngel %J Revista chilena de cirug¨ªa %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-40262012000200015 %X rhinophyma is a progressively growing benign tumor that has the ability to distort the nasal form. even though, it is considered a rare subtype of rosacea, it is of great importance for the ability to create: psychic, aesthetic and functional disorders. this report describes a severe case of rhinophyma in a 52 years old male patient, the medical treatment and the surgical technique used for removal. %K rhinophyma %K sebaceous hyperplasia %K re-epithelialization. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-40262012000200015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en