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World Journal of Surgical Oncology BioMedCentral Case report Open Access Cutaneous horns: are these lesions as innocent as they seem to be? Eray Copcu*1, Nazan Sivrioglu1 and Nil Culhaci2 Address: 1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey and 2Pathology Department, Medical Faculty, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey Email: Eray Copcu* - ecopcu@.tr; Nazan Sivrioglu - nsivrioglu@.tr; Nil Culhaci - nculhaci@.tr * Corresponding author Published: 03 June 2004 Received: 26 March 2004 Accepted: 03 June 2004 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2004, 2:18 This article is available from: /content/2/1/18 ? 2004 Copcu et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the articles original URL. cornu cutaneumsquamous cell carcinomabasal cell carcinomaskin tumorpremalignant Abstract Background: Cutaneous horns (cornu cutaneum) are uncommon lesions consisting of keratotic material resembling that of an animal horn. Cutaneous horn may arise from a wide range of the epidermal lesions, which may be benign, premalignant or malignant. Patients and methods: In this respective study, we describe our experience of eleven patients with cutaneous horn treated at our centre between January 2000 and January 2004. The clinical, pathological and treatment details were extracted from the case records. Data is presented as frequency distribution. Results: There were 8 male and 3 female patients with a median age of 57 years. Most of the lesions were located on the ear, hand and scalp. Surgical resection was carried out in all the lesions. There were two cases of squamous cell carcinoma, and one case of basal cell carcinoma, other 8 cases were benign. None of the lesions recurred and no adjuvant treatment was given t