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Editorial| Volume 5, ISSUE 1, P2-3, February 2005

Clinical corner

      A healthy, 47-year-old woman complains of difficulty grasping large objects. She has had “thick skin” for many years (Figure 1). Her history and examination confirm that her difficulty stems from a thumb web space contracture (FIGURE 2,
      • Wimmershoff M.B.
      • Stolz W.
      • Schiffner R.
      • Landthaler M.
      Type I pachyonychia congenital (Jadarssohn-Lewandowsky).
      ,
      • Swensson O.
      Pachyonychia congenital. Keratin gene mutations with pleiotropic effect.
      ,
      • Lim T.W.
      • Paik J.H.
      • Kim N.I.
      A case of pachyonychia congenital with oral leukoplakia and steatocystoma multiplex.
      ).
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      FIGURE 1Patient’s “thick skin.”
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      FIGURE 2Thumb web space contracture.
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