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We report a case of digital gangrene with no other clinical associations except positive anticentromere antibodies.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our patient, a 53-year-old Caucasian woman, non-smoker, presented with progressive pain and blackening of the distal right third finger over the preceding five weeks. No sclerodactyly was evident. She was anticentromere antibody positive at greater than 100 U\/mL. Angiography revealed diffuse distal vasculopathy in both upper extremities. Other investigations were unremarkable.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>It is rare for anticentromere antibody-associated digital necrosis to develop without concomitant sclerodactyly. 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