Close-up of the toenail of a 63 year old female patient, showing longitudinal melanonychia, a nail discolouration caused by melanin forming streaks le

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Close-up of the toenail of a 63 year old female patient, showing longitudinal melanonychia, a nail discolouration caused by melanin forming streaks lengthwise down the nail. This form of melanonychia may be a sign of subungual melanoma, a type of skin cancer that develops underneath the nail.

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Photo credit: © DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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