Ann Dermatol.  2015 Jun;27(3):328-329. 10.5021/ad.2015.27.3.328.

Variable Sized Cellular Remnants in the Nail Plate of Longitudinal Melanonychia: Evidence of Subungual Melanoma

• Lee DY

• KMID: 2352508
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.3.328

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Melanoma*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Brown colored longitudinal melanonychia and periungual hyperpigmentation around the 1st fingernail are seen.

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  Fig. 2 (A) Histopathology shows an extracted nail plate (H&E, ×10). The rectangle indicates B. (B) Numerous variable sized cellular remnants in the nail plate and atypical cells in the attached epithelium are found (H&E, ×200). (C) HMB45 is positive in the cellular remnants within the nail plate (immunoperoxidase staning, ×200).

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