A Rare Case of Rosacea Rhinophyma in an African Patient.

Rosacea rhinophyma is an extremely rare entity in the African population; only 4 cases have been reported to date. We report the case of a 72-year-old African man, with a 4 year history of an enlarging nodular mass on the nose. Examination led to the diagnosis of rosacea rhinophyma. A shave procedure using a scalpel was used to excise the phymatous tissue and histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of rosacea rhinophyma. The patient healed well by epithelialization and was discharged on the 5^th day. He was very satisfied with the immediate cosmetic result, howev er, he defaulted long-term follow-up. We report the first case of rosacea rhinophyma in an African patient in sub-Saharan Africa, and the fifth in the published literature