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Erythronychia with Distal Subungual Keratosis

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A middle-aged lady presented with a longitudinal erythronychia and a subungual keratotic mass at the distal end of the longitudinal lesion. The typical histological features indicated a rare disorder of the nail bed and the distal matrix.

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El-Darouti, M.A., Al-Ali, F.M. (2019). Erythronychia with Distal Subungual Keratosis. In: Challenging Cases in Dermatology Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21855-3_28

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