A TikTok video played a key role in one mother’s cancer diagnosis after it prompted her to see a doctor regarding a strange marking on her fingernail, SWNS reported. Lauren Koltcz, 45, from North ...
Clinical presentation: Pitting, nonspecific onycholysis (lifting of the nail from the nail bed), hyperkeratosis (thick nails), and yellowish-brown spots under the nail plate should prompt ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dermatologists and dermatopathologists should increase the utilization of nail clipping histopathology to aid in ...
Every dermatologist has examined a pigmented nail, wondering if the pathologic process reflects a nail unit melanoma (NUM) or subungual melanoma (SUM) versus a benign melanocytic lesion (melanocytic ...
For an entire decade, 25-year-old Maria Sylvia considered the unique-looking brown line on her fingernail to simply be a “cool streak.” The brown line, running vertically down her right thumbnail, ...
(Gray News) - A brown line on a mother’s fingernail turned out to be a rare form of melanoma, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Lauren Koltcz, 45, said she noticed a brown streak on her thumbnail one ...
For years, Maria Sylvia thought the streak on her nail was a mole. A biopsy revealed it became a subungual melanoma and her nail needed to be removed. For a decade, Maria Sylvia had a tan streak on ...
Broken and brittle nails are not uncommon, but if you’re seeing white spots on your nails, also known as leukonychia, it’s understandable to be concerned. “Leukonychia is a condition where people get ...
Nail fungus and nail psoriasis are two conditions that affect the nails. They have similar symptoms, and you can have both fungus and psoriasis at the same time, but they are different and have ...
Yelena Dokic, MD A 37-year-old White woman presents to the clinic for a routine skin examination. The clinician notes dystrophic nails on both her thumbs. A 37-year-old White woman presents to the ...
Broken and brittle nails are not uncommon, but if you’re seeing white spots on your nails, also known as leukonychia, it’s understandable to be concerned. “Leukonychia is a condition where people get ...