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'Hitting the nail on the head'
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- BMJ Group, 2007.
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Abstract
- Subungual malignant melanoma is a rare form of malignancy that can present at an advanced stage. We describe a case that was diagnosed after a presentation to the emergency department for a traumatic injury of the affected area. Initial presentations of malignant disease and its complications form a relatively low proportion of the caseload of emergency doctors. In this case, a patient presented after a minor injury that had failed to recover; subsequent investigation of this injury led to the diagnosis of subungual malignant melanoma in an otherwise asymptomatic patient. This is a rare case which presented in an atypical fashion, with a confounding history of minor trauma. It is presented to highlight the differential diagnosis of destructive bone lesions.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Skin Neoplasms
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Malignancy
Wounds, Nonpenetrating
Asymptomatic
Emergency Casebook
Nail Diseases
Medicine
Humans
Melanoma
business.industry
food and beverages
General Medicine
Emergency department
medicine.disease
Dermatology
humanities
Traumatic injury
Nails
Nail disease
Emergency Medicine
Differential diagnosis
Presentation (obstetrics)
medicine.symptom
Emergencies
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....13348c43f6acfe7b43dcbf5879447bdf