title: Treatment of subungual myxoma preserving the nail matrix: a case report.
abstract: Subungual myxomas are uncommon, benign, expansile lesions that club the fingertip. Traditionally the nail matrix is incised, which results in permanent nail deformity. This report describes a midlateral approach that not only spares the nail apparatus but demonstrates that the nail can remodel even if a void is left under the nail matrix after excision of the tumor. The histologic examination of the tumor is described.
authors.affiliation: The Orthopaedic Center, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rozmaryn
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009262:Nails / Q000254:growth & development; D013933:Thumb