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AGGRESSIVE DIGITAL PAPILLARY ADENOCARCINOMA PRESENTING AS A PARONYCHIA OF THE FINGER: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE



Abstract

Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma (ADPACa) is a rare skin adnexal tumour, which has a predilection for the digits. We report a case with this tumour in a 51 year old insulin dependent diabetic man, who presented as a paronychia of right index finger. After histopathological confirmation as an ADPACa partial amputation was performed. This case emphasizes the presentation of this tumour as a simple nail bed infection occasionally.

Correspondence should be addressed to BOOS at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35 - 43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN