Subungual amelanotic melanoma.
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.
Grunwald
M H
MH
Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Yerushalmi
J
J
Glesinger
R
R
Lapid
O
O
Zirkin
H J
HJ
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
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor