ALLMedicine™ Melanonychia Center

May 3rd, 2022 - Laugier-Hunziker syndrome (LHS) is a sporadic, acquired, and infrequent condition characterized by the onset of brown macules on the lips, the oral mucosa, and the acral glabrous skin (mainly fingers and toes) in middle-aged patients. In several c...

Apr 17th, 2022 - In this paper, we report the case of a 71-year-old man with an 8-year history of melanonychia on the right little finger, who referred to our hospital because the color of pigmented area had gradually darkened and the width had expanded. Physical ...

Apr 9th, 2022 - Large studies on the clinical features and natural course of pediatric longitudinal melanonychia (LM) are lacking. To investigate the clinical features and natural course of pediatric LM. Retrospective cohort analysis of pediatric patients (age ≤ ...

Feb 28th, 2022 - Recent studies have argued that melanocyte preferentially expressed nuclear antigen in melanoma (PRAME) is a sensitive and specific immunohistochemical marker of melanoma, including acral melanoma. In addition, loss of p16 expression has recently ...

Feb 7th, 2022 - A retrospective study of nail squamous cell carcinoma at a single tertiary center: A relationship between longitudinal melanonychia and the depth of invasion.|2022|Lee J,Shin DM,Oh SJ,Park JH,Lee D,|

Feb 12th, 2021 - To the Editor: Few cases of unilateral nail changes affecting only the hemiplegic side after a stroke have been reported. We present a case of acquired unilateral nail clubbing and longitudinal melanonychia in a hemiparetic patient.

Feb 13th, 2020 - The FP suspected onychauxis, more commonly called hypertrophic nail. The patient’s toenail had the characteristic features of onychauxis, which include discoloration (usually yellow or brown) and a dull appearance.

Jun 3rd, 2019 - Rule #4: Don’t wimp out when a biopsy is warranted Many dermatologists hem and haw about doing a biopsy for a concerning lesion on the nail, when they wouldn’t hesitate to biopsy a similarly suspicious lesion on the face. But it’s essential to bio.

Apr 11th, 2019 - DISCUSSION Fortunately, this patient’s problem is benign and likely to remain so. Termed longitudinal (or linear) melanonychia (LM), these changes are seen in nearly all African-Americans older than 50 (although it is not uncommon for the conditio.

Aug 20th, 2018 - CHICAGO – A discolored nail can give even seasoned dermatologists pause: Is the cause exogenous? Fungal or bacterial, perhaps? Could it be a subungual melanoma? Should it be followed, clipped, or biopsied? Shari Lipner, MD, outlined a rational app.