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Epidermoid Cysts of the Distal Phalanx

JOSEPH C. SIERACKI, M.D.; ALEX P. KELLY, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1959;78(4):597-603.

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Epidermoid cysts of the digital bones can produce clinical and roentgenologic evidence of a painful, enlarging, destructive lesion and result in pathologic fractures. Unnecessary ray amputation, almost complete destruction of the distal phalanx, and severe x-ray dermatitis have been reported where the diagnosis was not established before therapy was instituted.¹

Although only 30 such cases have been reported,^2-12 there undoubtedly are many more in existence. A brief survey of the current American textbooks and journals of pathology failed to reveal any substantial discussion of this entity.

In the past three and one-half years, we have had the opportunity of studying nine examples of this lesion,* and we would like to discuss the importance of the recognition of this entity. The clinical and roentgenographic features of our first four cases have been reported previously.¹²

Report of Cases

CASE 1.

—A 33-year-old white man complained of pain in his . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Detroit

From the Departments of Pathology and Plastic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 18, 1958.

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