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An uncommon onychomadesis in adults
Onychomadesis can be attributed to a wide variety of causes, including allergic contact dermatitis, paronychia,pustular psoriasis, and trauma, and most cases are considered to be idiopathic. Onychomadesis at the same level involving several nails suggests a systemic cause, such as fever, erythroderma, use of drugs such as anti-tumoral chemotherapeutics, carbamazepine, lithium salts, retinoids and, at the infantile age, viral infections such as Kawasaki disease, and hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). HFMD generally affects children younger than 10 years old and in adults has minor manifestations and thereby easily goes unrecognized
In-transit melanoma metastases
In-transit (IT) metastases refer to cutaneous or subcutaneous
melanoma spread or recurrence, more than 2 cm away from
the primary tumor but not beyond the draining regional lymph
nodes. IT metastases treatment is challenging, owing to a wide
range of clinical presentations, and the overall prognosis is quite
poor (the 5-year survival ranges between 20 and 60%), since
their appearance preludes systemic involvemen