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Rohini Prasad1, Arivind Bhamidi1, Arun Kumar Rajeswaran1
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Parvathy Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
Keratin or epidermoid cysts of the phalanges are rare lesions mimicking osteolytic lesions such as infection, malignancy and other tumours. Definitive diagnosis can be made by histopathology only and treatment is by simple excision and curettage. We present a case of intraosseous keratin cyst of the distal phalanx and review of literature.
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