Nail surgery and malignant tumors of the nail unit

Julia O. Baltz; Richard K. Scher; Nathaniel J. Jellinek; Deborah F. MacFarlane

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50593-6_14

Nail surgery and malignant tumors of the nail unit

Julia O. Baltz, Richard K. Scher, Nathaniel J. Jellinek, Deborah F. MacFarlane

Dermatology

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As many as 10% of patients seek dermatologic care for a nail disorder (Scher RK, Dermatologic Surgery Principles and Practice. Marcel Dekker Inc, New York, NY, 1996); therefore, it is important that dermatologists be comfortable performing nail surgery. Unfortunately, the diagnosis and treatment of nail tumors may be delayed due to lack of recognition of possible malignancy, fear of causing a permanent nail dystrophy from biopsy, or simply lack of training or comfort with basic nail surgery principles. It is the intent of this chapter to outline the steps to an approach to nail surgery so that the clinician is able to expose subungual conditions for anatomic delineation, biopsy, or excision with as painless a technique as possible and an acceptable cosmetic outcome. This chapter will conclude with an overview of malignant tumors of the nail unit.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Skin Cancer Management
Subtitle of host publication	A Practical Approach
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	225-214
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030505936
ISBN (Print)	9783030505929
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50593-6_14
State	Published - Apr 26 2021

Keywords

Nail anesthesia
Nail avulsion
Nail bed punch biopsy
Nail matrix biopsy
Nail surgery instruments
Nail unit anatomy

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General Medicine

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