CYLINDRICAL DEFORMITY OF THE NAIL PLATE SECONDARY TO SUBUNGUAL MYXOMA

Authors
GOURDIN FW LANG PG
Citation
Fw. Gourdin et Pg. Lang, CYLINDRICAL DEFORMITY OF THE NAIL PLATE SECONDARY TO SUBUNGUAL MYXOMA, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 35(5), 1996, pp. 846-848
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
35
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
846 - 848
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1996)35:5<846:CDOTNP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Digital myxomas are rare neoplasms. We describe a subungual myxoma ari sing in a previously unreported location, the nail matrix. This produc ed an interesting cylindrical deformity of the nail. Complete surgical excision is usually curative.