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. 2019 Mar-Apr;94(2):214–216. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20197865

Table 1.

Summary of the clinical, epidemiological, and histopathological features of published case reports/case series

Sex Age History of trauma Clinical Presentation Histologic Variant
Perrin et al. (2012) Female (4)
Male (1)
17-80 no (3) Fifth digit, right hand (2)
Third digit, right hand (2)
First digit, right hand (1)
All lesions presented as longitudinal melanonychia
Pigmented (4)
Melanocytic (1)
Acanthotic type (2)
Keratogenous type (2)
Papillomatous type (1)
Spaccarelli et al. (2013) Male 69 no First digit, right hand Band of xanthonychia obscuring the lunula, splinter hemorrhages. Localized nail plate thickening Hypopigmented Acanthotic type
Wannat et al. (2014) Male 40 yes Second digit, right hand
Localized pachyonychia associated with longitudinal melanonychia that simulates a foreign body
Pigmented Keratogenous type
Perrin (2017) Male 50 no First digit, left hand
Acquired localized longitudinal pachymelanonychia, obscuring the lunula
Germinotropic type