Squamous cell carcinoma in bilateral untreated syndactyly.
We present an 81-year-old man with untreated bilateral syndactyly. Hand function and cosmesis did not concern him but long-term use of the hand resulted in chronic skin changes from friction, and the subsequent development of a squamous cell carcinoma.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK.
Wee Leon
WL
Lam
Joseph
J
Hardwicke
Gerard
G
Laitung
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*