Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pediatric longitudinal melanonychia should be treated differently from longitudinal melanonychia in adults, as ...

Despite a high frequency of atypical features, longitudinal melanonychia (LM) in children is associated with an exceedingly low rate of malignancy. LM — a pigmented band in the nail plate caused by ...

Hydroxyurea is an antineoplastic agent used most com-monly to treat both benign and malignant hematologic conditions. This medication inhibits ribonucleotide reductase to decrease DNA synthesis and ...

Longitudinal melanonychia is the occurrence of tan, brown, or black pigmented bands along the length of the nail bed. It occurs most often in dark-skinned individuals, and it affects girls more often ...

I have had these two vertical dark bands on two fingernails for some time. <BR><BR>Originally I didn't think much of it. But after several months, they still appear on my fingernails, so I have ...

An 8-year-old girl presents at Beijing Children's Hospital due to concern about a dark blue band that has appeared on the nail of her right middle finger. Her parents explain that this appeared about ...

Subungual melanoma is a rare subtype of melanoma that usually originates and spreads from the nail matrix. Because of its poor prognosis and short matrix-to-bone distance, amputation has been ...