Table 1.

Summary of the patients.

Patient number	Age/sex	Site	Duration (years)	Maximum diameter (cm)	Initial treatment	Follow up period (months)	Recurrence	Clinical status
1	46/F	heel	unknown	0.7	5 mm margin excision, clear resection margin	39	no recurrence	alive without evidence of disease
2	58/F	heel	1	0.6	3 mm margin excision, clear resection margin	51	after 24 months, local recurrence	alive after recurrence
3	47/M	finger nail, 5th	5		excisional biopsy, involvement of resection margin	120	after 84 and 96 months, local recurrence and nodal metastasis	alive without evidence of disease after amputation (clear resection margin), chemotherapy and lymph node dissection
4	50/F	finger nail, 1st	3		amputation, clear resection margin	32	no recurrence	alive without evidence of disease
5	75/M	heel	5	2.5	1cm margin excision, clear resection margin	9	no recurrence	alive without evidence of disease
6	74/M	finger nail, 4th	3		excisional biopsy and nail extraction, no information upon resection margin	144	after 120 months, local recurrence	alive without evidence of disease after 5 mm margin excision (clear resection margin)
7	59/F	heel	3	4.0	1cm margin excision, clear resection margin	15	no recurrence	alive without evidence of disease