Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases

The nail apparatus is a complex area with great functional and cosmetic importance. The appearance of tumors is rare, frequently misdiagnosed with delaying the diagnosis. A series of cases is presented, where squamous cell carcinoma of nail apparatus underwent resection and reconstructive surgery in...

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Autores principales: Acuña Pinzon, Camilo Levi, Nieves Condoy, Jefferson Fabian, Zúñiga Vázquez, Luis Abraham, Chavez Perez, Gerardo, Chavarría Chavira, Jose Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8172308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34094779
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14826
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author Acuña Pinzon, Camilo Levi
Nieves Condoy, Jefferson Fabian
Zúñiga Vázquez, Luis Abraham
Chavez Perez, Gerardo
Chavarría Chavira, Jose Luis
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description The nail apparatus is a complex area with great functional and cosmetic importance. The appearance of tumors is rare, frequently misdiagnosed with delaying the diagnosis. A series of cases is presented, where squamous cell carcinoma of nail apparatus underwent resection and reconstructive surgery in a relatively short time from their diagnosis, with a good oncological, functional, and cosmetic result.
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spelling pubmed-81723082021-06-04 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases Acuña Pinzon, Camilo Levi Nieves Condoy, Jefferson Fabian Zúñiga Vázquez, Luis Abraham Chavez Perez, Gerardo Chavarría Chavira, Jose Luis Cureus Dermatology The nail apparatus is a complex area with great functional and cosmetic importance. The appearance of tumors is rare, frequently misdiagnosed with delaying the diagnosis. A series of cases is presented, where squamous cell carcinoma of nail apparatus underwent resection and reconstructive surgery in a relatively short time from their diagnosis, with a good oncological, functional, and cosmetic result. Cureus 2021-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8172308/ /pubmed/34094779 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14826 Text en Copyright © 2021, Acuña Pinzon 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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Acuña Pinzon, Camilo Levi
Nieves Condoy, Jefferson Fabian
Zúñiga Vázquez, Luis Abraham
Chavez Perez, Gerardo
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases
title Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases
title_full Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases
title_fullStr Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases
title_short Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nail, an Underdiagnosed and Underestimated Entity: A Series of Two Cases
title_sort squamous cell carcinoma of the nail, an underdiagnosed and underestimated entity: a series of two cases
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8172308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34094779
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14826
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