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. 2016 Dec;32(4):507-508.
doi: 10.1007/s12288-016-0690-y. Epub 2016 Jun 4.

Knuckle Pigmentation: A Clue to Systemic Illness

Arjun Lakshman  1 , Ram V Nampoothiri  2 , Sreejesh Sreedharanunni  3 , Pankaj Malhotra  2 , Subhash Varma  1
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Knuckle Pigmentation: A Clue to Systemic Illness

Arjun Lakshman et al. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2016 Dec.
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Compliance with Ethical Standards On behalf of all the co-authors (listed above) I would like to state that this work has not been submitted currently elsewhere in any other journal. Conflict of interest No conflict of interest by any of the authors. Ethical Approval Conducted study did not involve any animal requiring approval for the same. Informed Consent Informed Consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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Fig. 1
Clinical photograph showing hyperpigmentation of skin over the knuckles of fingers of both hands
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Fig. 2
Photomicrograph of peripheral blood film, showing anisopoikilocytosis with macroovalocytes and a hypersegmented neutrophil in the centre. (magnification ×400)
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