Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual Melanoma
Bowen’s disease (BD) is a benign epidermal premalignant tumor histopathologically characterized by the presence of dysplastic cells limited to the epidermis. Subungual BD is a less commonly described entity and involvement of toenails is even rarer probably because of less cosmetic concern, especial...
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| description | Bowen’s disease (BD) is a benign epidermal premalignant tumor histopathologically characterized by the presence of dysplastic cells limited to the epidermis. Subungual BD is a less commonly described entity and involvement of toenails is even rarer probably because of less cosmetic concern, especially in elderly males. As clinical characteristics of subungual BD are not clearly defined, creating diagnostic dilemma with various benign and malignant diseases such as fungal infections with nail pigmentation and subungual melanoma, respectively. The patient is often misdiagnosed to be having benign and malignant diseases such as fungal infections and warts, leading to delay in diagnosis. We report a case of subungual BD simulating melanoma in a 75-year-old male. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-faca226890f74e33b290110fb11bc4122025-02-06T05:07:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsClinical Dermatology Review2542-551X2542-55282025-01-0191737510.4103/cdr.cdr_55_24Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual MelanomaRitu RaniReena Kumari SharmaMudita GuptaBowen’s disease (BD) is a benign epidermal premalignant tumor histopathologically characterized by the presence of dysplastic cells limited to the epidermis. Subungual BD is a less commonly described entity and involvement of toenails is even rarer probably because of less cosmetic concern, especially in elderly males. As clinical characteristics of subungual BD are not clearly defined, creating diagnostic dilemma with various benign and malignant diseases such as fungal infections with nail pigmentation and subungual melanoma, respectively. The patient is often misdiagnosed to be having benign and malignant diseases such as fungal infections and warts, leading to delay in diagnosis. We report a case of subungual BD simulating melanoma in a 75-year-old male.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/cdr.cdr_55_24bowen’s diseasepremalignantsubungual |
| spellingShingle | Ritu Rani Reena Kumari Sharma Mudita Gupta Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual Melanoma Clinical Dermatology Review bowen’s disease premalignant subungual |
| title | Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual Melanoma |
| title_full | Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual Melanoma |
| title_fullStr | Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual Melanoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual Melanoma |
| title_short | Subungual Bowen’s Disease: Clinical Mimicker of Subungual Melanoma |
| title_sort | subungual bowen s disease clinical mimicker of subungual melanoma |
| topic | bowen’s disease premalignant subungual |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/cdr.cdr_55_24 |
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