Subungual melanoma is a serious type of skin cancer that occurs in the skin under your nails. Subungual melanomas are rare, seen in only 0.07% to 3.5% of the people in the world who have melanoma. But ...

Melanoma is skin cancer arising from skin melanocytes (melanin pigment-producing cells). Subungual (under the nail) melanoma is a rare skin cancer constituting 0.7% to 3.5% of all malignant melanomas.

A subungual hematoma occurs when an injury breaks open blood vessels under the nail, causing blood to collect and become trapped in one spot. It can affect both fingernails and toenails. If a ...

ABCDEFs of detecting subungual melanoma: The most salient features of subungual melanoma (Figure 5) can be summarized with the following: A= Age (peak incidence is in ...

Subungual hematoma is the medical term for bleeding and bruising on the fingernail or toenail. The condition is also referred to as runner’s toe, tennis toe, or a blood blister under the nail. Read on ...

A blue nevus is a benign type of mole. It may appear as a blue lump on the skin. A blue nevus may be present at birth or develop as a person ages. Healthcare professionals refer to more than one blue ...

The nail matrix is the area where your fingernails and toenails start to grow. Located at the base of the nail, it creates new cells that allow your nail to grow. Your nail may stop growing if the ...

A 77-year-old white woman presented to our department of dermatology with a slowly enlarging, ulcerated nodule of the nail bed of the right hallux (Figure 1). The patient reported a two-year history ...