Solve this exciting clinical case specific to your field of interest via Docplexus' Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today's challenge. A 43-year-old man presented with a scaly, erythematous lesion on the dorsal surface of his left hand. He denied a history of smoking, alcohol consumption, heavy labor, trauma, and immunodeficiency. His physical examination showed a 2.0 × 1.0 cm red ulcer on the flexor side of the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint of the left hand (Figures 1A and 1B).
A skin biopsy revealed atypical keratinocytes filling the entire thickness of the epidermis (Cover image) with apoptotic bodies. Figure 1. Metacarpophalangeal joints. Frontiers in Oncology This clinical case challenge is from the Editorial team of Docplexus and is meant for an educative purpose only. Source: Frontiers in Oncology
