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Keloid formation involving ears is commonly encountered in medical practice. There are variable treatment options with different outcomes particularly on recurrence. With treatment, there might be complications with varying severity. One of the commonest preferred treatment is intralesional steroid injection using triamcinolone acetonide (TCA). We encountered a complication of intralesional TCA injection when a patient who had an ear keloid developed gangrenous keloid involving the pinna after receiving a TCA injection that required surgical debridement. We believe such a complication has been underreported. We reviewed the literatures to highlight the complications following TCA injection of ear keloid.

Capillary haemangioma of the nose is a rare entity and presents as a benign vascular tumour. Aetiology and risk factors remain uncertain and most certainly, it is a challenging condition to treat. We report a young adult male who presented with a 2-months duration of nasal obstruction and epistaxis and later confirmed to have had nasal septal capillary haemangioma. Transnasal endoscopic excision was done without preoperative embolization as the tumour was radiologically well delineated.