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'''Acquired digital fibrokeratoma''' is a rare benign [[skin]] tumour.<ref name=pmid29777543>{{cite journal |authors=Shih S, Khachemoune A |title=Acquired digital fibrokeratoma: review of its clinical and dermoscopic features and differential diagnosis |journal=Int J Dermatol |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=151–158 |date=February 2019 |pmid=29777543 |doi=10.1111/ijd.14046 |url=}}</ref>
'''Acquired digital fibrokeratoma''' is a rare benign [[skin]] tumour.<ref name=pmid29777543>{{cite journal |authors=Shih S, Khachemoune A |title=Acquired digital fibrokeratoma: review of its clinical and dermoscopic features and differential diagnosis |journal=Int J Dermatol |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=151–158 |date=February 2019 |pmid=29777543 |doi=10.1111/ijd.14046 |url=}}</ref>


==General==
*May be due to trauma.<ref name=pmid31348447>{{cite journal |authors=Mancuso CJ, Magro CM, Lipner SR |title=Acquired digital fibrokeratoma presenting as a painless nodule on the right fifth fingernail |journal=Cutis |volume=103 |issue=6 |pages=340–342 |date=June 2019 |pmid=31348447 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
==Gross==
*Well circumscribed nodule.
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid31348447/>
*Acanthotic epidermis.
*Fibrotic dermis with "vertically oriented" collagen bundles.
**"Vertically oriented": deep to superficial (as opposed to along the surface of the skin).
DDx:
*[[Angiofibroma]].
*[[Verruca vulgaris]] - has koilocytes.
==Sign out==
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Skin Lesion, Left Fifth Digit, Excision:
    - Acquired digital fibrokeratoma.
Comment:
Acquired digital fibrokeratoma is a benign skin lesion. Trauma may play a role in its formation.
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==See also==
==See also==
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