Subungual Nail Pigmentation and Malalignment of the Great Toe Nail in a Cancer Patient - A Diagnostic Challenge

Authors

  • Uwe Wollina Biological Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Municipal Hospital Dresden, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Technical University of Dresden, Friedrichstrasse 41, 01067 Dresden
  • Georgi Tchernev Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior, and Onkoderma Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2017.084

Keywords:

Nail apparatus, subungual pigmentation, cancer, melanoma, hematom

Abstract

Subungual pigmentation may have a variety of underlying pathologies, but clinicians should consider malignancies such as subungual melanoma or metastasis, even if they are not common. A delayed diagnosis can dramatically worsen the prognosis. Therefore, histologic examination is highly recommended. We present a 75-year-old female cancer patient presenting with subungual blackish pigmentation of the great toe nail for several years suspicious of a subungual melanoma even by dermoscopy. Nail avulsion and histological investigations excluded melanoma. The final diagnosis was subungual hematoma with growth malalignment of the great toe nail.

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Published

2017-07-20

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Wollina U, Tchernev G. Subungual Nail Pigmentation and Malalignment of the Great Toe Nail in a Cancer Patient - A Diagnostic Challenge. Open Access Maced J Med Sci [Internet]. 2017 Jul. 20 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];5(4):467-9. Available from: https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/oamjms.2017.084

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