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Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 46, 2012 - Issue 6
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Case Reports

Epidermoid cyst of the phalanx of the finger caused by nail biting

Alexander Van TongelDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, GentCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pascale De PaepeDepartment of Anatomopathology
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Bart BerghsDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, AZ St Jan Hospital, Brugge, Belgium
Pages 450-451 | Accepted 18 Jan 2012, Published online: 23 Oct 2012
 
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Abstract

Intraosseous epidermoid inclusion cysts of the phalanx of the finger are rare, and are regarded as reactive or post-traumatic pseudotumours. We describe a case of an epidermoid cyst in the distal phalanx of the fifth finger caused by chronic nail biting, which was successfully excised.

Acknowledgements

We thank Iris Wojtowicz, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, for her linguistic support.

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