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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

melanonychia

Body Site

toe nail, foot

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

linear

Color

brown

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

asymmetric solitary

Comments

This 5-year-old girl had a 1 year history of a stable dark pigmented longitudinal nail band on the second right toe. There was involvement of the cuticle and eponychium. A biopsy of the nail matrix was pending.

Description

8 mm wide hyperpigmented longitudinal band

Categories

nail disorders hyperpigmentation

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3/30/2003 12:51:51

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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