Sebaceous Horn of Left Upper Lid becoming Malignant

Sebaceous Horn Penis

The curled sebaceous horn

The mysterious sebaceous horn (devil's horn) is a historically perplexing phenomenon of unknown etiology. It classically occurs on the sun-exposed areas of the face and hands and consists of a keratin mound with a benign base in most cases and squamous cell carcinoma occurring in about 20% of patients.

A Case of Sebaceous Horn

A Hindu Brahmin male, a priest by profession, aged about 65, a resident of a neighbouring village, presented himself to this dispensary in July 1930 for the treatment of a horny growth, which was projecting outwards from the middle of the left side of his chest, like a finger, 2-ginches in length; the distal part was bent a little downwards. The patient stated that about a year ago the tumour a...

Transconjunctival upper lid blepharoplasty.

This technique, which targets excess ocular fat in the medial pocket, may be used as a primary procedure or as a secondary revision in patients who are unhappy with remaining excess medial fat after undergoing blepharoplasty. According to the author, the procedure is fast and relatively easy to perform, and patients benefit from rapid recovery, minimal morbidity, the use of local anesthesia, an...

Sebaceous carcinoma of upper eyelid.

A middle aged lady was surgically treated repeatedly elsewhere for growth on right upper lid before presentation to this department. On examination she was found to have nodulo-ulcerative non-tender growth, about 40 x 20 mm in size involving the lateral three-fourth of the lid. There was associated mild conjunctivitis and palpable pre-auricular lymph node. Lid growth was excised followed by lid...