Congenital Ectopic Nails Reconstructed with Local Skin Flaps

Abstract

Congenital ectopic nails are quite unusual and characterized by development of nail-like tissue on the tips of one or more fingers. We present the case of a boy with congenital ectopic nails on both little fingers. To prevent tapering of the fingertips following surgery, we used subcutaneous pedicle flaps and obtained a satisfactory cosmetic result.

Posttraumatic Ectopic Nail: Case Report

“…8,15 Congenital ectopic nail also may appear spontaneously without any anomaly or associated syndrome. [1][2][3][4][5][6]9 The small finger is involved the most frequently although other fingers, toes, and extradigital locations have been described. 10 -12 The pathogenesis of congenital ectopic nail has not been clarified.…”

“…Although rare, congenital ectopic nails have been described widely in the literature [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] ; however, only 2 cases of posttraumatic ectopic nail have been published previously. 13,14 Case Report year-old boy was admitted to the emergency room at our hospital with a soft-tissue infection on the dorsal aspect of the distal interphalangeal joint of the right small finger.…”