A tumor hidden beneath the nail plate: Report of a rare case of onychomatricoma with three-dimensional histopathological analysis and immunohistochemical study

Abstract

Onychomatricoma is a tumor of the nail matrix which often presents with alterations in the nail plate while the tumor itself is concealed beneath the nail plate. It is a benign, biphasic fibroepithelial tumor which has to be differentiated from other subungual and periungual tumors. We report a rare case of onychomatricoma and describe a three-dimensional histopathological analysis and immunohistochemical patterns of onychomatricoma.

Keywords

• Histopathology
• immunohistochemistry
• nail tumors
• onychomatricoma