title: Subungual squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: Twelve patients with subungual squamous cell carcinoma were treated at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center during a 27-year period. To our knowledge, only 58 cases are reported in the literature. Trauma and chronic infection were predisposing factors in some of the cases, and radiation therapy was a substantive predisposing factor in our series. Disarticulation of the distal phalanx proved effective in most patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014034:Toes / Q000601:surgery