Difference between revisions of "Acquired digital fibrokeratoma"

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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).


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 18:22, 1 March 2021

Acquired digital fibrokeratoma is a rare benign skin tumour.[1]

General

  • May be due to trauma.[2]

Gross

  • Well circumscribed nodule.

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Acanthotic epidermis.
  • Fibrotic dermis with "vertically oriented" collagen bundles.
    • "Vertically oriented": deep to superficial (as opposed to along the surface of the skin).

See also

References

  1. Shih S, Khachemoune A (February 2019). "Acquired digital fibrokeratoma: review of its clinical and dermoscopic features and differential diagnosis". Int J Dermatol 58 (2): 151–158. doi:10.1111/ijd.14046. PMID 29777543.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mancuso CJ, Magro CM, Lipner SR (June 2019). "Acquired digital fibrokeratoma presenting as a painless nodule on the right fifth fingernail". Cutis 103 (6): 340–342. PMID 31348447.