Chronic Polymicrobial Infectious Melanonychia Striata.

Published in: JBJS case connector (2023)

Bacterial infection is a rarely reported cause of melanonychia, and in addition to surgical pathologic specimens, intraoperative fungal and bacterial cultures should always be obtained for accurate diagnosis of melanonychia striata.

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neoadjuvant chemotherapy
high resolution
patients undergoing
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
rectal cancer