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A 28-year-old service person presented to a Defence Primary Healthcare Centre with a ‘wart’ that they have had since childhood. The lesion was on the lateral aspect of the left hand (non-dominant) little finger distal interphalangeal joint (Figure 1).
The lesion had been treated as a wart previously and excised around 10 years ago at a civilian General Practice (GP). It is unclear what technique was used to remove the lesion. Since then it had completely regrown in the same location. The patient came in seeking removal as they had done previously due to it catching on items in their daily life. Moreover, it was having an occupational impact through interfering with their job role, which was manual …
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Contributors RC is the sole contributor of this work.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.