Periungual basal cell carcinoma is rare and needs to be differentiated from other
common diseases that affect this region. Several factors are associated with the
development of this tumor, and sun damage seems to play an important role in its
pathogenesis. Dermoscopy of clinically indolent lesions on the nail unit can
shorten the diagnostic process and avoid destructive treatment and functional
damage.
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