Subungual blue naevus presenting with elkonyxis
HONG KONG JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY & VENEREOLOGY, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.84-88, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Dergi Adı: HONG KONG JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY & VENEREOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.84-88
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Common blue naevi usually occur on the skin however subungual blue naevi are extremely rare pigmented lesions of the nail. They need to be differentiated from pigmentations, chromogenic nail diseases, infections and most importantly melanoma. Herein, a 39-year-old female patient with subungual blue naevus who presented together with elkonyxis is presented with a brief review of cases from the literature.