ORCID

0009-0000-6866-3431 (Seward)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2026

DOI

10.1002/jvc2.70372

Publication Title

JEADV Clinical Practice

Volume

Advance online publication

Pages

1-3

Abstract

[Case presentation] A man in his 60's with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and resected colon cancer in remission presented with a 4-month history of an enlarging nodule on the right fourth fingertip. The patient recalled having a splinter removed from the same site a few weeks prior to the development of the lesion. The lesion was initially diagnosed by an orthopaedist as a pyogenic granuloma (Figure 1a), and the patient was advised to apply table salt to the area several times daily. However, the lesion continued to enlarge over 3 months with occasional bleeding and mild tenderness. Physical examination showed a moist, erythematous nodule on the right fourth fingertip (Figure 1b). A Punch biopsy was perforrmed (Figure 2a-d).

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© 2026 The Authors.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Data Availability

Article states: "The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request."

Original Publication Citation

Seward, A. H., LaRocque, J. H., & Hughes, S. M. (2026). Enlarging fingertip nodule mimicking a pyogenic granuloma in a man in his 60's. JEADV Clinical Practice, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.70372

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