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How do you approach the diagnosis of erythronychia?

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Dermatology · Weill Cornell Medical College

Erythronychia has a broad differential including inflammatory diseases (lichen planus), infectious diseases (verruca), and benign (onychopapilloma, glomus tumor), and malignant tumors (SCC, amelanotic melanoma). I approach erythronychia with history and physical examination including measuring width...

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