Type B Digital Mucous Cysts Can Present with Cuticle Thickening as a Clinical Clue
Benjamin Y. Li, Megan Hauptman, Aaron J. Russell, Julia O. Baltz, Nathaniel J. Jellinek, Julie E. Mervak · 2026
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Description
Benjamin Li and co-authors name a skin clue in 2026 for a type of finger cyst that presses on the nail root. Such cysts carve a groove along the nail plate. In the authors' own work, a patch of thick skin on the fold behind the nail often came with this cyst type, yet reports rarely named it.
The team gathered published cyst photos from journals and nail atlases and judged each by consensus. About a third of the usable photos showed this cyst type. Over half of those showed the thick skin patch, and most judges tied it to a thickened cuticle, the small seal at the nail's base. Only one photo caption had named the sign. A visible clue like this can speed diagnosis at a first glance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Benjamin Y. Li, Megan Hauptman, Aaron J. Russell, Julia O. Baltz, Nathaniel J. Jellinek, Julie E. Mervak |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |