title: Subungual exostosis of the big toe.
abstract: The subungual exostosis is a benign bone tumor on the distal phalanx of a digit, beneath or adjacent to the nail, often bringing in discussion many differential diagnosis. We present a 14-year-old boy with a cutaneous nodular lesion, painful to the easy touch on the latero-internal half of the nail of right big toe with extension in the cutaneous part of this. He suffered many treatments, especially cauterization, but with recurrence. In the present, the radiological findings of the affected finger and the histopathological ones from the fragment excised confirmed the diagnosis of subungual exostosis. The local excision of the entire region with the removal of the cartilaginous cap has been followed by a silent period without recurrences of almost two years when he as revised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatry, Filantropia University Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania. ligstanescu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ligia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stănescu
authors.forename: Carmen Florina
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Popescu
authors.forename: Carmen Elena
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Niculescu
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dumitrescu
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mogoantă
authors.forename: Iuliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Georgescu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005096:Exostoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006214:Hallux / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography