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...

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Autores: Martí Martí, Ignasi, Pigem, Ramon, Narváez, María Margarita, Alós i Hernández, Llúcia, Puig i Sardà, Susana
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
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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.