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An Unusual Periungual Lesion
Author(s) -
Prativa Jayasekera,
F. Charlton,
Thomas Oliphant
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000462982
Subject(s) - lesion , dermatology , medicine , pathology
History A 56-year-old female presented with a 3-month history of a painful, subungual lesion arising from the distal nail bed of the left hallux ( Fig. 1 ). Her past medical history included sarcoidosis, for which she was receiving treatment with oral prednisolone. On examination she had a firm, hyperkeratotic lesion, which was approximately 6 mm in diameter underneath the left great toenail ( Fig. 2 ).

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