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Subungual nail bed melanoma masquerading as tinea ungium

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LA4z5191rj

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Subungual nail bed melanoma masquerading as tinea ungium

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[Article]

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Riahi, Ryan R; Cohen, Philip R; Goldberg, Leonard H

Text of Note

Subungual amelanotic melanoma can masquerade as onychomycosis. Recently a man whose amelanotic nail bed melanoma presented as persistent onychodystrophy was reported in the Dermatology Online Journal. The patient had a persistent nail dystrophy; culture and biopsy of the nail demonstrated Candida and dermatophyte infection, respectively. However, he subsequently presented with a nodule that was biopsied and demonstrated melanoma. Similar to that patient, we recently described a 67-year-old woman with a four-year history of persistent nail dystrophy of the left fourth fingernail who had a periodic acid-Schiff staining of the nail plate demonstrating fungal hyphae. Her nail plate subsequently detached, demonstrating a friable nodule; a biopsy of the nodule demonstrated melanoma. In conclusion, in individuals with new morphologic changes to a dystrophic nail or with persistent nail dystrophy despite appropriate therapy, it is important for clinicians to consider performing additional evaluation and possible biopsy to exclude malignancy.

Date of Publication

2018

Title

Dermatology Online Journal

Volume Number

24/6

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Riahi, Ryan R; Cohen, Philip R; Goldberg, Leonard H

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[Article]

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