Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Frontal lifting using a tissue expander in pachydermoperiostosis: A case report

  • Daniel José Dias Cunha,
  • Rui Manoel Rodrigues Pereira,
  • Julia Leal Dantas Vasconcelos Nassar,
  • Edilson Xavier de Oliveira Junior,
  • Jorge Luis Matta Ramos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3391
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 46 – 49

Abstract

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Abstract Pachydermoperiostosis, a rare condition, is characterized by pachydermia, finger clubbing, and periostosis. We present an unusual treatment for frontal rhytids, for which we used a tissue expander that contributed to thinning of the skin and the depth of the rhytids prior to frontal lifting. The results were maintained after one year.