title: A large, pigmented nail bed lesion in a child.
abstract: An unusual case of an extremely large junctional nevus of the nail bed with histological atypia in a 6-year-old Japanese child is described. The evaluation and management of subungual pigmented lesions is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Service, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York, NY 10016.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pomerance
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kopf
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waldo
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Grossman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009262:Nails / Q000473:pathology; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013933:Thumb