Flaps in nail surgeryNathaniel J Jellinek
Division of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Dermatol Ther 25:535-44. 2012
..Other nail flaps can also be used to correct congenital malalignment, to cover full thickness nail unit defects, and for nail fold reconstruction. The indications and techniques for successful flap reconstruction are reviewed...
- Longitudinal erythronychia: suggestions for evaluation and management
Nathaniel J Jellinek
Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 64:167.e1-11. 2011
..Occasionally, it may herald an important underlying disease. A thorough understanding of the pathogenesis, clinical presentations, and possible diagnoses is necessary for successful evaluation and management...
Nail surgery: practical tips and treatment optionsNathaniel J Jellinek
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Dermatol Ther 20:68-74. 2007
..In detail, it reviews how to achieve complete anesthesia and hemostasis, perform matrix injection, punch biopsy of the plate, bed, and matrix, and nail fold biopsy, with practical tips and suggested surgical indications...
- Nail matrix biopsy of longitudinal melanonychia: diagnostic algorithm including the matrix shave biopsy
Nathaniel Jellinek
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 56:803-10. 2007
..Facility with all 3 techniques will allow the physician to procure appropriate nail matrix specimens for diagnosis...
- Melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma on different nails of the same hand
Michael Harwood
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 58:323-6. 2008
..This presentation underscores the need for a low threshold for biopsy in the presence of nail dyschromia of uncertain etiology...
- Alternatives to complete nail plate avulsion
Siobhan C Collins
Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 59:619-26. 2008
..By using these methods, the surgeon is able to access the targeted nail unit while minimizing trauma to adjacent, uninvolved tissue...
- Verrucous carcinoma of the nail unit
Andres Matoso
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Dermatopathol 34:e106-10. 2012
..Preoperative evaluation must include an adequate biopsy specimen to avoid misdiagnosis of verruca vulgaris. Digital radiographs are recommended to evaluate local invasion to bone...
- Longitudinal melanonychia: detection and management of nail melanoma
Kathleen A Mannava
Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Hand Surg 18:133-9. 2013
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- Epidermotropic Merkel cell carcinoma: a case series with histopathologic examination
Mark D'Agostino
Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 62:463-8. 2010
..Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), an aggressive malignancy that has been increasing in incidence, rarely presents with an epidermotropic pattern...
- Multiple calcified subungual epidermoid inclusions
Gladys H Telang
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 56:336-9. 2007
..Subungual calcified inclusions may be an underrecognized and more common entity than currently recognized...
- Skin cancer after transplantation: a guide for the general surgeon
Kevan G Lewis
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School/Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, APC-10, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Surg Clin North Am 86:1257-76, viii. 2006
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- Midline/paramedian longitudinal matrix excision with flap reconstruction: alternative surgical techniques for evaluation of longitudinal melanonychia
Siobhan C Collins
Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 62:627-36. 2010
..Previous publications have presented detailed surgical approaches to this problem. However, discussion of longitudinal excision with local matrix flap reconstruction is documented sparsely in the literature...
- Subungual blue nevus with combined phenotypic features
Elizabeth M T Naylor
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 58:1021-4. 2008
..This unusual presentation is reviewed, with a discussion of blue nail dyschromia and subungual blue nevi...
- Primary malignant tumors of the nail unit
Nathaniel J Jellinek
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Adv Dermatol 21:33-64. 2005
- Subungual blood is not always a reassuring sign
C Ralph Daniel
J Am Acad Dermatol 57:176. 2007
- Dermabrasion for actinic cheilitis
Raymond G Dufresne
Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Dermatol Surg 34:848-50. 2008
- Multiple antithrombotic agents increase the risk of postoperative hemorrhage in dermatologic surgery
Ikue Shimizu
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 01903, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 58:810-6. 2008
..Recent data suggest that selected patients may benefit from combination therapy in preventing acute thrombotic events...
