Pigmented onychomatricoma: Four cases

ABSTRACT Onychomatricoma (OM) presenting as a longitudinal melanonychia is a very uncommon clinical presentation with very few cases in the literature. Our aim in this article is to report four cases of pigmented OM, and describe their clinical and dermoscopic findings and the importance of the diffe...

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Main Authors: Ocampo Garza, Jorge, Di Chiacchio, Nilton Gioia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://eprints.uanl.mx/16330/1/179.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT Onychomatricoma (OM) presenting as a longitudinal melanonychia is a very uncommon clinical presentation with very few cases in the literature. Our aim in this article is to report four cases of pigmented OM, and describe their clinical and dermoscopic findings and the importance of the differential diagnoses, especially with melanoma. Key words: longitudinal melanonychia, nail, nail tumour, onychomatricoma, pigmented onychomatricoma.