title: Onychomatricoma: first description in a child.
abstract: Onychomatricoma is an uncommon benign tumor of the nail matrix, with peculiar clinical and histologic features and electron microscopic findings. The main clinical signs are longitudinal ridging, yellow coloration along the entire length of the nail plate with splinter hemorrhages in its proximal portion, and a tendency towards transverse overcurvature of the affected nails. We report onychomatricoma associated with onychomycosis in the same nail in a 4-year-old girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 1, 40138 Bologna, Italy. bmpiracc@med.unibo.it
authors.forename: Bianca Maria
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Piraccini
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antonucci
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rech
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Starace
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Misciali
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosti
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000150:complications*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*