[Angioma of a finger: the usefulness of a graft from the hypothenar eminence for covering the defect].

Skin grafting remains the simplest option when bone is not exposed in soft tissue losses of the digits of the hand. As opposed to traditional donor sites, a split-thickness skin graft from the hypothenar eminence provides specialized skin similar to the one to be replaced. The graft remains elastic and soft in follow-up, without hyperpigmentation, hyperkeratosis, fissuring and hypertrophic scarring at the margins. As well as in acute trauma situations, the use of split-thickness skin grafting from the hypothenar eminence can also be extended to resurfacing defects in elective hand surgery. As an example, we describe a case of an ulcerated capillary hemangioma on the dorsal surface of the fifth digit at the distal interphalangeal joint.