Korean J Dermatol.  2000 Jul;38(7):945-948.

Reconstruction of the Defect with Dermal Graft After the Removal of Subungual Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Moon SE
• An HT
• Cho KH
• Kim JA

Abstract

Squamous cell carcinoma of the nail bed is a low grade, slowly progressive, malignant neoplasm. A 66-year-old man had nail lesion on his right thumbnail for two years. After partial nail avulsion, an incisional biopsy was done. The histologic diagnosis was a squamous cell carcinoma. A radiological examination of digit was normal and no lymphadenopathy was palpable. The lesion was totally excised and surgical defect of nail bed was reconstructed by dermal graft. There was no recurrence of tumor till one year after surgery and out-look of nail recovered almost normal. When the underlying malignancy is suspected, it is necessary to examine the nail bed after partial nail avulsion. And application of dermal graft may be useful procedure for regeneration of nail plate when there is a large nail bed defect after excision.

Keyword

Subungual squamous cell carcinoma; Dermal graft

MeSH Terms

Aged
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell*
Diagnosis
Humans
Lymphatic Diseases
Recurrence
Regeneration
Transplants*