Black Keratotic Papule on the Thigh

Mohammed Shanshal, MBChB
Rosemary Akinbisehin, MBBS

American Family Physician. 2024;110(1):83-84.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

MOHAMMED SHANSHAL, MBCHB, and ROSEMARY AKINBISEHIN, MBBS, Basildon University Hospital, Basildon, United Kingdom.

Address correspondence to Mohammed Shanshal, MBChB, at mohammed.shanshal@nhs.net.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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