Skin nonmelanocytic tumor
Developmental anomalies and other hamartomas
Supernumerary digit
Author: Christopher S. Hale, M.D.
Last author update: 1 September 2012
Last staff update: 10 April 2023
Copyright: 2001-2025, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Supernumerary digit, Rudimentary polydactyly
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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Hale C. Supernumerary digit. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skintumornonmelanocyticsupernumerarydigit.html. Accessed April 1st, 2025.
Definition / general
- Acral neuroma, also called rudimentary polydactyly
- On radial side of fifth digit
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Haphazard nerves with displaced Meissner bodies
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Andrey Bychkov, M.D., Ph.D.
Nerve bundles
