Nose: Applied aspects in dermatology

• Main Authors: Dammaningala Venkataramaiah Lakshmi, Kanathur Shilpa, Holavanahally Veerabhadrappa Nataraja, Kallapa Gorur Divya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Dermatology
• Subjects: Eponyms; mutilating rhinopathies; nose; signs
• Online Access: http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2016;volume=61;issue=2;spage=234;epage=234;aulast=Lakshmi

Nose is the most prominent part of the mid-face and has important physiological, aesthetic and psychological functions. Skin diseases on the nose are commonly seen by dermatologists, otorhinolaryngologists, and plastic surgeons. Because of its exposed, highly visible localization, lesions on the skin of the nose are often noticed by patients themselves, typically very early in the course of the disease. Similarly, the dermatological lexicon is well known with descriptive terminologies, synonyms, acronyms, eponyms, toponyms, misnomers. We have tried to compile the anatomical applications of nose in cosmetology and dermatosurgery subspecialities with nasal eponyms and signs encountered in clinical dermatology that would be helpful for residents.