Onycholemmal Carcinoma: A Case Study

    September 2004 in “ American Journal of Dermatopathology ”
    Elvio Alessi, Antonella Coggi, Raffaele Gianotti, Antonina Parafioriti, Emilio Berti
    TLDR A rare nail bed cancer was successfully treated with no recurrence after 4 years.
    The document reported a case of a 69-year-old male with a slowly growing malignant tumor in the nail bed epithelium, which was suggested to be designated as 'onycholemmal carcinoma' due to its similarities with trichilemmal carcinoma. The tumor was characterized by small cysts filled with keratin and atypical keratinocytes penetrating the phalangeal bone. Treatment involved disarticulation of the affected phalanx, and no local recurrence or distant metastasis was observed over a 4-year follow-up period.
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