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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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Metastatic malignant subungal melanoma: Importance of FNAC
Radhika Punshi Nandwani, Murali Gopala Krishnan, Sanjay Kumar Totade
Department of Pathology, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Radhika Punshi Nandwani
M 57, Sharda Society, Shakti Nagar, Jabalpur - 482 001, Madhya Pradesh
India
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Subungual melanoma is a rare type of skin cancer. It is an uncommon form of acral lentiginous melanoma. Approximately 85% of cases are misdiagnosed initially, and it is generally associated with a poor prognosis. Herein, we describe a case of metastatic subungal melanoma to the axillary lymph node in a 45-year-old male. Diagnosis of metastasis was made based on cytology, where the clinicians were guided to search for primary. This case report highlights the role of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of this entity to draw the attention of the reader to the possible underreporting of melanoma because of a variant that evades diagnosis and our reluctance to think about its existence. |
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