An irregularly pigmented band of melanonychia with nail plate dystrophy - a nail unit melanoma
Keywords: Female, Fingernail, Hand, Histopathology-confirmed, Irregular melanonychia, Irregular pigmented nail band, Melanoma, Nail dystrophy, Split nail, Subungual melanoma of nail unit
Melanoma of the nail unit is usually a variant of acral lentiginous melanoma, a malignant melanoma arising from the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Other rare forms of melanoma that may arise in the nail unit are nodular melanoma or desmoplastic melanoma.
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