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“Dots and lines”: A melanonychia striata in regression: Report of a case
Author(s) -
Burkink Esther,
Abdul Hamid Myrurgia,
Martens Herm
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.13274
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , nail (fastener) , nail plate , sign (mathematics) , mathematical analysis , materials science , mathematics , metallurgy , psoriasis
A 2‐year‐old Caucasian boy with melanonychia striata with multiple striking pits on the nail plate of one fingernail is described. Nail disorders often pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for clinicians, especially melanonychia striata, because of the fear of a subungual melanoma. Only a few childhood cases of melanonychia striata have been described, and the multiple pits are even less common. Dots distributed along melanotic lines is a finding referred to as “dots and lines” and can be a sign of regression of melanonychia in childeren.