ABSTRACT

Onychomatricoma is a benign tumor of the nail matrix that develops within the nail plate. e nail shows a band of longitudinal thickening that frequently has a yellow

Box 27.1 Nail Tumors

• Onychomatricoma • Onychopapilloma • Glomus tumor • Myxoid cyst • Fibroma/brokeratoma • Warts • Pyogenic granuloma • Bowen/squamous cell carcinoma

Box 27.2 Onychomatricoma (Figures 27.1 and 27.2)

• Benign nail matrix tumor that develops within the nail plate.