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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 43, 2009 - Issue 5
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Case Reports

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
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Joseph Hardwicke Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gerard Laitung Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK
Pages 294-295 | Published online: 28 Oct 2009
 
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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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