title: Periungual and subungual congenital melanocytic nevus on the foot: A rare case report.
abstract: A 5-year-old caucasian child is described with a congenital melanocytic periungual and subungual nevus on the right second toe. Histopathologic examination revealed a junctional nevus. Congenital subungual nevi in this location are rare. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first case of lesion on the right second toe to be reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Research, Health and Podiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: daniellopez@udc.es.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: López López
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: ribebeva@ucm.es.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain. Electronic address: marta.losa@urjc.es.
authors.forename: Marta Elena
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Losa Iglesias
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Spain. Electronic address: adolfo.bautista@usc.es.
authors.forename: Adolfo Laureano
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bautista Casasnovas
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D009262:Nails; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000151:congenital*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital*
keywords: Foot diseases; Nevi and melanomas; Nevus