Linear melanonychia due to subungual keratosis of the nail bed: A report of two cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 730-733

  Baran, R ^a   Perrin, C ^b  

^a NAIL DISEASE CENTRE   (France)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Keratinized acanthoma; Longitudinal melanonychia; Nail bed; Nail pigment; Subungual keratinized epithelial ridge

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOSIS; NAIL BED; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032935260     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02780.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. 1 Baran R, Kechijian P. Longitudinal melanonychia. Diagnosis and management. J Am Acad Dermatol 1989; 21: 1165-75.
2. 2 Tosti A, Piraccini BM, Baran R. The melanocyte system of the nails and its disorders. In: The Pigmentary System (Nordlund JJ. Boissy RE, Hearing VJ et al., eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998: 937-43.