Evaluation and diagnosis of longitudinal melanonychia: A clinical review by a nail expert group.
Ricardo JW, Bellet JS, Jellinek N, Lee D, Miller CJ, Piraccini BM, Richert B, Rubin AI, Lipner SR.
Ricardo JW, et al.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Jul;93(1):176-187. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.02.075. Epub 2025 Feb 27.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025.
PMID: 40023404
Review.
Longitudinal melanonychia (LM), a brown-black band on 1 or multiple nails, is commonly encountered in clinical practice. Benign LM may be due to exogenous (external, blood, bacterial, mycotic) or endogenous (melanin) pigment. Histopathologically, melanin-derived LM …
Longitudinal melanonychia (LM), a brown-black band on 1 or multiple nails, is commonly encountered in clinical practice. Benign LM ma …