"Dots and lines": A melanonychia striata in regression: Report of a case

Esther Burkink; Myrurgia Abdul Hamid; Herm Martens

doi:10.1111/pde.13274

"Dots and lines": A melanonychia striata in regression: Report of a case

Esther Burkink^*, Myrurgia Abdul Hamid, Herm Martens

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Abstract

A 2-year-old Caucasian boy with melanonychia striata with multiple striking pits on the nail plate of one fingernail is described. Nail disorders often pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for clinicians, especially melanonychia striata, because of the fear of a subungual melanoma. Only a few childhood cases of melanonychia striata have been described, and the multiple pits are even less common. Dots distributed along melanotic lines is a finding referred to as dots and lines and can be a sign of regression of melanonychia in childeren.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E321-E323
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Dermatology
Volume	34
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.13274
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

melanonychia
subungual melanoma
DERMOSCOPY

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