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Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Dermatite Atópica , Humanos , Dermatite Atópica/tratamento farmacológico , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Masculino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto Jovem , Adolescente , Estudos Retrospectivos , Idoso , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Dermatoses do Couro Cabeludo/tratamento farmacológico , CriançaAssuntos
Dermatite Atópica , Eczema , Erupção Variceliforme de Kaposi , Ceratite Herpética , Humanos , Dermatite Atópica/complicações , Dermatite Atópica/tratamento farmacológico , Erupção Variceliforme de Kaposi/etiologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/efeitos adversos , Ceratite Herpética/complicações , Ceratite Herpética/tratamento farmacológico , Resultado do Tratamento , Eczema/complicações , Índice de Gravidade de DoençaRESUMO
(1) Background: Onychopapilloma is a benign tumor of the nail bed and distal matrix. which usually manifests as monodactylous longitudinal eryhtronychia associated with subungual hyperkeratosis. The impossibility to rule out a malignant neoplasm is an indication for surgical excision and histological examination. Our aim is to report and describe the ultrasonographic features of onychopapilloma. (2) Methods: we conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with a histological diagnosis of onychopapilloma who underwent ultrasonographic examination in our Dermatology Unit from January 2019 to December 2021. (3) Results: Six patients were enrolled. Erythronychia, melanonychia, and splinter hemorrhages were the main dermoscopical findings. Ultrasonography detected nail bed dishomogeneity in three patients (50%) and a distal hyperechoic mass (5 patients, 83.3%). Color Doppler imaging did not show vascular flow in any of the cases. (4) Conclusions: the detection of a subungual distal non-vascularized hyperechoic mass by US, together with classical onychopapilloma clinical features, supports the diagnosis, especially in those patients who were unable to perform excisional biopsy.