Clinical and dermoscopic features of nail unit melanoma in an Australian nail clinic cohort

Alexis Arasu; Anne Howard; Chin-Guan Tan; Saurabh Prakash; Johannes S Kern

doi:10.1111/ajd.14057

Clinical and dermoscopic features of nail unit melanoma in an Australian nail clinic cohort

Australas J Dermatol. 2023 Aug;64(3):417-422. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14057. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

Authors

Alexis Arasu¹, Anne Howard^{1

2

3}, Chin-Guan Tan⁴, Saurabh Prakash⁴, Johannes S Kern^{1

2

3

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Skin Health Institute, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Melbourne Pathology (Sonic Healthcare), Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 37102442
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.14057

Abstract

Nail unit melanoma carries diagnostic challenges conferring with its poor prognosis. This audit aims to characterise both clinical and dermoscopic features of nail unit malignant lesions and compare them with biopsied benign lesions. It focuses on informing future practice by aiding in the stratification and recognition of malignant diagnostic patterns in the Australian context.

Keywords: melanonychia; nail unit melanoma; subungual melanoma.

MeSH terms

Australia
Dermoscopy
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Melanoma* / diagnostic imaging
Melanoma* / pathology
Nail Diseases* / pathology
Skin Neoplasms* / pathology
Syndrome