Talon Noir: A Case Report and Literature Review

Talon noir is an asymptomatic, self-limiting, dermatological condition that is most commonly seen in young athletes and mountain climbers. Histologically, the characteristic findings are intraepidermal hemorrhage and fluid collection due to shearing forces. Here, we report an interesting case in an...

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Autores principales: Choudhury, Sampa, Mandal, Ashish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10081566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37033558
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35905
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description Talon noir is an asymptomatic, self-limiting, dermatological condition that is most commonly seen in young athletes and mountain climbers. Histologically, the characteristic findings are intraepidermal hemorrhage and fluid collection due to shearing forces. Here, we report an interesting case in an elderly female, which mimicked acral melanoma clinically and alerted us to do a biopsy for confirmation.
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spelling pubmed-100815662023-04-08 Talon Noir: A Case Report and Literature Review Choudhury, Sampa Mandal, Ashish Cureus Dermatology Talon noir is an asymptomatic, self-limiting, dermatological condition that is most commonly seen in young athletes and mountain climbers. Histologically, the characteristic findings are intraepidermal hemorrhage and fluid collection due to shearing forces. Here, we report an interesting case in an elderly female, which mimicked acral melanoma clinically and alerted us to do a biopsy for confirmation. Cureus 2023-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10081566/ /pubmed/37033558 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35905 Text en Copyright © 2023, Choudhury et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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