Squamous cell carcinoma in bilateral untreated syndactyly

Wee Leon Lam Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK

Joseph Hardwicke Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UKCorrespondence[email protected]

Gerard Laitung Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK

Abstract

We present an 81-year-old man with untreated bilateral syndactyly. Hand function and cosmesis did not concern him but long-term use of the hand resulted in chronic skin changes from friction, and the subsequent development of a squamous cell carcinoma.

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