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. 2018 Nov;5(1):56-59.
doi: 10.1159/000487964. Epub 2018 Jun 22.

Ungual Horn

Matthew Innes  1 , Kelsey Kennedy  1 , Peter Pavlidakey  1 , Boni E Elewski  1
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Ungual Horn

Matthew Innes et al. Skin Appendage Disord. 2018 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Subungual verrucous carcinoma.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Frontal view of the yellow-brown, hard, exophytic mass originating from the nail bed, with an overlying yellow-brown dystrophic nail plate.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Lateral view of the yellow-brown, hard, exophytic mass originating from the nail bed, with an overlying yellow-brown dystrophic nail plate.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Lateral hand radiograph showing prominent soft tissue density with underlying erosion and chronic deformity of the distal phalanx.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Photomicrograph showing keratinocyte cellular atypia and epidermal hyperplasia with pushing borders that extend to and abut the underlying distal phalanx.
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