title: Pachydermodactyly: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pachydermodactyly is a benign form of digital fibromatosis usually presenting in male adolescent patients as asymptomatic nodules on the lateral aspects of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the fingers. It is commonly misdiagnosed as a juvenile rheumatologic condition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recognition of the features of this disease will assist dermatologists and rheumatologists in making the diagnosis of this rare condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC. skinest@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Anwar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Hammadi
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hakim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005350:Fibroma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy