“Very rarely, we will do a nail biopsy, but that’s not very common,” says Dr. Lal. To perform a biopsy your doctor will use a ...

Subungual melanoma (aka nail melanoma) is ... fingernail or any other suspicious symptoms. Your doctor or dermatologist can do a biopsy to determine if the irregular growth or discolored area ...

Dermatology Nursing ... with microscopic examination of both the nail plate and the biopsy specimen from the underlying nail matrix and/or nail bed. Evacuation of the hematoma not only provides ...

A biopsy reveals squamous cell carcinoma (SCC ... Since the tumor was located at the proximal nail fold, there was concern that it might have extended locally to involve the lateral nail folds ...