title: Subungual osseous pathology.
abstract: There are a wide variety of benign and malignant tumors that occur in the subungual area. This article examined the lesions resulting in osseous pathology. It should be remembered that any expansile lesion has the potential to cause lytic bony destruction. The importance of early biopsy for subungual pathology cannot be overemphasized. Whenever a problem in the nail area does not heal, additional nail pathology should be suspected.
authors.affiliation: Baltimore Veterans Administration Hospital, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lieb
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis