Conservative surgical management of in situ subungual melanoma: long-term follow-up

Subungual melanoma represents 20% of all melanomas in Hispanic population. Here, we report the outcome of 15 patients with in situ subungual melanoma treated with resection of the nail unit with a 5-mm margin without amputation, followed up for 55.93 ± 43.08 months. The most common complications inc...

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Autores principales: Anda-Juárez, Mariana Catalina De, Martínez-Velasco, María Abril, Fonte-Ávalos, Verónica, Toussaint-Caire, Sonia, Domínguez-Cherit, Judith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.201645100
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Sumario:Subungual melanoma represents 20% of all melanomas in Hispanic population. Here, we report the outcome of 15 patients with in situ subungual melanoma treated with resection of the nail unit with a 5-mm margin without amputation, followed up for 55.93 ± 43.08 months. The most common complications included inclusion cysts and nail spicules. We found no evidence of local or distant recurrences at the last visit of our follow up. Functional outcome was good, with only one patient reporting persistent mild pain. These results support functional, non-amputative surgical management of in situ subungual melanomas.

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