title: Onychomatricoma: an often misdiagnosed tumor of the nails.
abstract: Onychomatricoma is a subungual tumor that is clinically characterized by banded or diffuse thickening, yellowish discoloration, splinter hemorrhages, and transverse overcurvature of the nail plate. It is often and easily misdiagnosed because the condition is not well known and rarely has been described. We report the case of a 45-year-old man with a subungual tumor on the right index finger that fulfills the criteria of onychomatricoma.
authors.affiliation: Teaching and Research Office, Centro Dermatológico Federico Lleras Acosta, Ave 1, No 13A-61, Bogotá, Colombia. camiderm@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Camilo Andrés
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morales-Cardona
authors.forename: Álvaro Andrés
authors.initials: ÁA
authors.lastname: Luque-Acevedo
authors.forename: Luis Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Bermúdez-Bula
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology