title: Pachydermodactyly: a case report and discussion of the pathologic entity.
abstract: Numerous case reports have described idiopathic hypertrophy of the skin on the dorsum of the hands. Many different and confusing names have been assigned to these conditions. A case report of a patient with pachydermodactyly is presented, with a discussion of the literature, in an effort to clarify the identification, treatment, and nomenclature of idiopathic hyperkeratosis and acanthosis of the dorsum of the hands.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005384:Finger Joint; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007642:Keratosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010004:Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic