St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tooting, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW170QT, United Kingdom; St. George's, University of London, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.
Waleed AlBadry
Department of Plastic Surgery, St. George's University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Tooting, London, United Kingdom; Department of Plastic Surgery, Cairo University, Egypt
Andrew Fleming
St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tooting, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW170QT, United Kingdom; Department of Plastic Surgery, St. George's University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Tooting, London, United Kingdom
Objective: Here we describe the presentation, identification, operation details and subsequent histological analysis of an onychomatricoma, a benign rare subungual tumour that is often misidentified and diagnosed. Methods: No public involvement to declare, patient was consented for surgical excision and provided verbal consent to photography and its use in publishing. Participant: One 44-year-old female. Intervention: One time surgical excision. Primary and secondary outcomes measured: Not applicable. Results: Complete excision and histopathological report of specimen provided. Conclusion: Complete surgical excision is an effective means of treatment for onychomatricoma.
