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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2018; 46 (3)

Nail plate destruction… Malignancy?

Ávila-Álvarez A, Varela G, Arias-Rodríguez C, Gómez-Vargas LM

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 198-200
PDF size: 261.77 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Nail plate destruction is not an exclusive sign of malignant pathologies, even though they should be included as a differential diagnosis when found. We discuss three cases of benign tumors that presented with important nail plate destruction, breaking the paradigm that just malignant tumors debut with it. We also elaborate two hypotheses about the mechanism of this clinical sign, whether or not nail matrix compromise is found.


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