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 ...

(HealthDay News) – Intraoperative reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) can be used to diagnose melanonychia striata in the nail matrix. Sébastien Debarbieux, MD, of the Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud in ...

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The nail is composed of a keratinized nail plate that lies over a vascular nail bed. The nail plate keratin is formed by the germinal nail matrix, which is located at the proximal end of the nail bed.