Subungual melanoma accounts for 1.9% of cutaneous melanomas. Amelanotic cases, comprising 15-25%, poses a significant diagnostic challenge because it can be misdiagnosed as other traumatic, inflammatory, or neoplastic conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Fibrous hamartoma of infancy (FHI) is an anomaly in the soft tissue. It is usually benign and rare, with most cases found in children under the age of two.
Case Presentation: A case is reported involving an 11-year-old boy who visited a plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic with a painless mass on his left iliac region.
Introduction: Amniotic band syndrome is a fetal entrapment in strands of amniotic tissue. This condition causes multiple deformities ranging from simple constricting bands to lymphedema, autoamputation, syndactyly and other congenital anomalies. Reconstructive surgery is the main treatment for ABS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Basosquamous carcinoma (BSC) is an uncommon and malignant subtype of non-melanoma skin cancer. It has features that are halfway between basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female presented with a lesion on her left cheek, nasal ala, medial canthal area, and eyelids.
Introduction And Importance: Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM), the least common subtype of cutaneous melanoma, poses challenges in early detection, resulting in low survival rates. Subungual melanoma (SUM), a rare form of ALM originating from the nail matrix, is less common on the hands than on the feet, accounting in the hands for only 0.3 % of all cutaneous melanomas.
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