title: [Malignant melanoma of the nailbed under a skin graft].
abstract: The authors report on a case of subungual malignant melanoma, which developed beneath a split-skin graft. The patient had an accident which caused a pathologic growth of the nail. Eleven years later the patient removed the nail, because it became moist, and a surgeon grafted the nail-bed with a split-thickness skin. Six years later we saw a 2 X 2 cm tumor under the skin graft and histologic examination showed a nodular malignant melanoma. Diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for subungual and acral melanomas are discussed.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009262:Nails / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
vernacular_title: Malignes Melanom des Nagelbetts unter einem Hauttransplantat.