title: [A woman with a chronic wound on her index finger].
abstract: A 79-year-old woman consulted a plastic surgeon, because since 3 years she had a large wound at the base of her left index finger. Histology of a skin biopsy showed cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Because of the extension of the defect, amputation of the index finger with a split-skin-graft was performed.
authors.affiliation: Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, afd. Plastische Chirurgie, Den Bosch.
authors.forename: Vera A A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Paulus
authors.forename: Ralph J P M
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Franken
authors.forename: E P A Brigitte
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: van der Heijden
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery