A rapidly growing pigmented nail streak
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Taizo Kato; Yasuko Usuba; Hideaki Takematsu; Naka Kumasaka; Yasuo Tanita; Kumiko
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Article
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1989
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Subungual melanomas are one of the most common types of malignant melanoma among the Japanese population. Although most pigmented nail streaks are benign and remain unchanged in their color and shape for a long time, rarely are they precursor lesions of subungual melanomas, i.e., a rapid growing pig