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Fungal Melanonychia: A Systematic Review

Microorganisms
Fungal melanonychia is an uncommon condition, most typically caused by opportunistic melanin-producing pigmented filamentous fungi in the nail plate. In the present study, the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with fungal melanonychia were ...
Erick Martínez-Herrera, Carmen Rodriguez-Cerdeira   +1 more
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Laugier–Hunziker Syndrome in an 8-Year-Old Boy with Scleral Melanocytosis, Lingual Pigmentation, Labial Pigmentation, and Melanonychia Striata

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2020
Laugier–Hunziker syndrome is a rare, acquired disorder characterized by mucocutaneous hyperpigmentation and melanonychia striata with no underlying systemic abnormalities.
Alexander K. C. Leung, Kin Fon Leong, Benjamin Barankin, Joseph M. Lam   +3 more
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Longitudinal Melanonychia: How to Distinguish a Malignant Condition from a Benign One

Chinese Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2021
SUMMARY: Longitudinal melanonychia is not a rare clinical condition. It is mostly characterized by the presence of longitudinal, demarcated, and pigmented bands on the nail unit.
Yi CAO, Dong HAN
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Distal Free‐Edge and Periungual Dermoscopic Features Distinguishing Pigmented Nail Unit Melanoma From Benign Melanonychia: A Retrospective Study in an Asian Population

Dermatologic Therapy
Pigmented nail unit melanoma (NUM) often presents as longitudinal melanonychia and may mimic benign melanonychia, especially in Asian populations. We conducted a retrospective study at a tertiary medical center in Taiwan between 2011 and 2025 to identify
Hsin-Yi Huang, Sheng-Yiao Lin, Cheng-Che Lan, Chiao-Li Ke, Shih-Tsung Cheng   +4 more
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Hydroxyurea-induced melanonychia

JAAD Case Reports, 2023
Vignesh Ramachandran, Michael Buontempo, Kristen Losicco   +2 more
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Melanonychia associated with subungual follicular inclusions: report of three cases, [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2020
Melanonychia is the change in the coloration of the nail plate resulting from the deposition of melanin. Among its causes are melanocytic hyperplasia, melanocytic activation and nail melanoma.
Marina Câmara de Oliveira, Carlos Baptista Barcaui, Elisa de Oliveira Barcaui, Juan Piñeiro-Maceira   +3 more
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Melanonychia: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020
Melanonychia is a very worrisome entity for most patients. It is characterized by brownish black discoloration of nail plate and is a common cause of nail plate pigmentation.
Archana Singal, Kavita Bisherwal
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Adult and Pediatric Nail Unit Melanoma: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Cells, 2023
Nail unit melanoma (NUM) is an uncommon form of melanoma and is often diagnosed at later stages. Approximately two-thirds of NUMs are present clinically as longitudinal melanonychia, but longitudinal melanonychia has a broad differential diagnosis ...
Jade Conway, Jane S. Bellet, Adam I. Rubin, Shari R. Lipner   +3 more
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Cyclophosphamide-induced melanonychia in a patient with steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome: A rare presentation

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2019
Melanonychia is described as a brown to black pigmentation of nail, due to stimulation and hyperplasia of nail matrix. Various systemic disorders, trauma, inflammatory disorders, fungal infections, drugs, benign melanocytic hyperplasia, etc., are ...
Sudhir Mehta, Vikas Makkar, P M Soha, Suman Sethi, Simran Kaur   +4 more
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Nail changes associated with pigmentary disorders

Pigment International, 2021
Salient nail unit changes serve as pointers toward systemic disease. On similar lines, salient nail changes are associated with pigmentary disorders, and can help toward diagnosis.
Chander Grover, Shikha Bansal
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