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  • Title: Onychomatricoma with misleading features.
    Author: Fayol J, Baran R, Perrin C, Labrousse F.
    Journal: Acta Derm Venereol; 2000; 80(5):370-2. PubMed ID: 11200837.
    Abstract:
    Onychomatricoma is a rare tumour of the nail matrix with peculiar clinical and histological features and electron microscopic findings. We report on 5 cases with appearances which were misleading. Three presented as longitudinal melanonychia, a previously unreported observation. One case had the appearance of a cutaneous horn. In 3 of the 5 cases the tumour was associated with an onychomycosis and this may thus have been a predisposing factor in the secondary fungal infestation. Onychomatricoma appears as a multi-faceted tumour which can be mimicked by longitudinal melanonychia and/or onychomycosis.
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