Subungual blue nevus

Comments on “Subungual blue nevus” by Webster et al

“…We read with great interest the article published by Webster et al entitled “Subungual blue nevus,” 1 which appeared recently in JCP . They performed a review of the English literature, collecting 12 case reports of blue nevus at the nail apparatus and reported one additional case of blue nevus on the distal matrix presenting as a well‐demarcated blue‐gray discoloration in the lunula, the most frequent clinical presentation 1 …”

“…frequent clinical presentation. 1 At the same time, we published an 11-case series of nail unit blue nevi collected from the Nail Group of the French Society of Dermatology and compared it to a thorough international literature review, gathering five more reports than Webster et al, raising the total to 17 cases. 2 Our series, the largest published up to now, confirms the data gathered from the isolated case reports of the literature; nail unit blue nevus is a rare asymptomatic benign tumor, mostly acquired on the thumb or the great toenail of women.…”