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A 52-year-old female patient, with Fitzpatrick skin type III, presented with a 1-year history of an asymptomatic band of longitudinal melanonychia affecting her right index finger. Physical examination revealed a 2 mm band of longitudinal melanonychia with homogenous pigmentation in the central part of the right index finger (Fig. 10.1). Dermoscopy showed a 2 mm regular, homogenous band and the micro-Hutchinson sign (Fig. 10.2).
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Ocampo-Garza, J., Ocampo-Candiani, J. (2020). Asymptomatic Longitudinal Band of Pigment in the Index Finger. In: Lotti, T., Tirant, M., Wollina, U. (eds) Clinical Cases in Melanoma. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50820-3_10
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