Iida N, Fukuya Y, Yoshitane K, Hosaka Y
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
J Dermatol. 1997 Jan;24(1):38-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02736.x.
Congenital ectopic nails are a rare anomaly, but we observed a case of a 43-year-old woman with ectopic nails at the tips of her bilateral little fingers. On X-ray, the distal phalanx of the each little finger appeared depressed. We surgically removed the ectopic nails. One year and 6 months later, no relapse had occurred. The histopathological examination revealed undifferentiated nail tissue including nail, nail matrix, and nail epithelium.
