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HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC WHITLOW

NATHAN A. WOMACK, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1927;15(5):667-676.

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Subungual melanoma is given a somewhat inconspicuous place in the usual discussion of melanotic tumors. It appears to be a much more common lesion than the small number of reported cases would suggest. In four of the twenty-six patients with melanoma who were treated at the Barnes Hospital, the condition had its origin in the nail-bed. While Hutchinson¹ was the first to emphasize the lesion and give a lucid description of its clinical characteristics, attention had previously been given to it by other observers.² Hertzler³ has recently published a careful review of the previously reported cases, to which he adds two. Since then, Jones⁴ has described three, and Chauvenet and Dubreuilh,⁵ one. I wish to add four, bringing the total of reported cases up to twenty-five.

REPORT OF CASES

CASE 1.

—A white laborer, aged 53, was first admitted to Barnes Hospital on Nov. 5, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ST. LOUIS

From the Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Hospital.

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