Dermoscopy revealing an amelanotic subungual melanoma masked as contact dermatitis.
An otherwise healthy 62-year-old woman presented with an acute itchy eruption on her right (dominant hand) middle finger after using a gel nail. There was a history of nail trauma two years back, following which she observed alterations of the nail plate for which she filed her nail regularly. She u...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/207721 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/207721 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Melanoma Pronòstic mèdic Malalties de les ungles Dermatitis de contacte Diagnòstic Prognosis Nail Diseases Contact dermatitis Diagnosis |
| Sumario: | An otherwise healthy 62-year-old woman presented with an acute itchy eruption on her right (dominant hand) middle finger after using a gel nail. There was a history of nail trauma two years back, following which she observed alterations of the nail plate for which she filed her nail regularly. She used an artificial nail for the same reason and developed skin lesions a few days later. Cutaneous examination revealed erythema, desquamation and yellow to red crusts on the finger tip and periungual region along with small vesicles on the dorsum of the middle finger. There was loss of central part of the nail plate. |
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