title: Digital mucous cyst: surgical closure technique based on self-grafting using skin overlying the lesion.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Digital mucous cysts or myxoid cysts are relatively common, benign pseudocysts of the digits typically located at the distal interphalangeal joints or in the proximal nail fold. There are several therapeutic modalities for its treatment ranging from conservative to surgical procedures; however, there is no consensus about the best approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a surgical technique based on the excision of the digital mucous cyst and reconstruction using a self-grafting from the overlying skin lesion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The use of the cyst's overlying skin as a partial cutaneous graft followed by a long-term Brown's dressing, in this case, provided a satisfactory functional and esthetic result.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique is a new option for the reconstruction of digital mucous cyst defects that decreases the surgical time and avoids a graft removal of healthy skin and consequently a new scar.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Hospital do Servidor Público Municipal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.|Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nilton G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Di Chiacchio
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Hospital do Servidor Público Municipal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fonseca Noriega
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, São Paulo, Brazil.|Dermatology Department, University Hospital "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ocampo-Garza
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Hospital do Servidor Público Municipal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nilton
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Chiacchio
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014033:Toe Joint; D058106:Wound Closure Techniques