SEA-URCHIN GRANULOMA OF THE NAIL APPARATUS - REPORT OF 2 CASES

Citation
E. Haneke et al., SEA-URCHIN GRANULOMA OF THE NAIL APPARATUS - REPORT OF 2 CASES, Dermatology, 192(2), 1996, pp. 140-142
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
192
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
140 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1996)192:2<140:SGOTNA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The authors report 2 cases of sea urchin granuloma of the nail apparat us resulting in permanent nail deformity. Both patients developed peri ungual and subungual nodular lesions 1-2 months after sea urchin spine injuries in the Mediterranean sea. The affected nails showed periungu al nodules associated with splitting of the nail plate distal to the n odules. Surgical excision of the nail lesions required the removal of a large amount of nail matrix that resulted in permanent nail plate dy strophy. Histopathology revealed typical foreign-body granulomas in th e nail dermis.