Dermatology Nursing. 2007;19(1):83-84. Athletes may develop sports-related subungual hematomas. Repeated trauma to the nail bed occurs each time the toe contacts the inside of the sneaker.

A biopsy was performed, and eight weeks later, the results revealed it was subungual melanoma, a type of acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM). "Knowing what I know, this diagnosis was music to my ears as ...

This may be a sign of a rare type of skin cancer, Subungual Melanoma. Although this is rare, it is a serious type of skin cancer, and if anyone notices it, they should immediately reach the hospital.

Subungual melanoma (SM) is a rare entity; its incidence ranges from 0.7%-3.5% of cutaneous melanomas. [1,2] It has a poor prognosis due to the delay in the diagnosis.This delay is depicted in the ...