title: Subungual amelanotic melanoma.
abstract: We describe a 76-year-old white male with subungual amelanotic melanoma. The lack of pigmentation of the lesion may cause misdiagnosis and aggravate its poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Grunwald
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yerushalmi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glesinger
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lapid
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zirkin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018328:Melanoma, Amelanotic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor