title: Exploratory nail plate removal as a diagnostic aid in painful subungual tumors: glomus tumor, neurofibroma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: Three rare, painful subungual tumors were precisely identified and evaluated following exploratory nail plate removal. Surgical excision of each was curative.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009262:Nails / Q000601:surgery*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*