Diagnosis: Periungual fibroma
Description: Digitate fibrous tumor.
Morphology: Nodule,skin coloured
Site: Nails
Sex: F
Age: 25
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory: Periungual fibromas usually seen in the context of tuberous sclerosis. They arise from the nail folds and usually appear in late childhood. However, sporadic cases of fibromas may occur in persons without tuberous sclerosis as in the presented case of a young adult lady with one year history of a filiform growth originated in the proximal nail plate and extended to the nail plate surface resulted in a longitudinal furrow or groove.