Melanonychia o le lanu uliuli po'o le lanu enaena o le ipu masani, ma e mafai ona avea ma se su'esu'ega masani i le tele o matā i tagata Afro‑Caribbean.
O se pa'u lautele, loloto, ma laina e le masani ai, fa'alautele i le periungual, o se fa'ailoga mo le melanoma.
Melanonychia is a black or brown pigmentation of the normal nail plate, and may be present as a normal finding on many digits in Afro-Caribbeans, as a result of trauma, systemic disease, or medications, or as a postinflammatory event from such localized events as lichen planus or fixed drug eruption.
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E le masani ai le tele o laina e matauina. Melanonychia o le lanu uliuli po o le lanu lapopo i le pusa masani. Ae afai e tele ni laina fa'aletonu i lea tulaga, e ono faia se biopsy.
O le tele o tagata maua le melanonychia, aua e mafua ai le lanu ena‑ena uliuli o le ipu fao. O se mafuaʻaga masani o le faʻalilolilo o le fao, ma e mafai foi ona tupu i le faʻaletonu i le ogaoga, e pei o le melanoma. O le melanonychia fa‘aumiumi e mafai ona afua mai i mea eseese i le lotoifale poʻo le faʻalapotopotoga. Melanonychia is a very worrisome entity for most patients. It is characterized by brownish black discoloration of nail plate and is a common cause of nail plate pigmentation. The aetiology of melanonychia ranges from more common benign causes to less common invasive and in situ melanomas. Melanonychia especially in a longitudinal band form can be due to both local and systemic causes.
Melanonychia represents a brown to black discoloration of the nail plate that may be induced by benign or malignant causes. Two main mechanisms are involved in the appearance of melanonychias, i.e., melanocytic activation and melanocytic hyperplasia.
O se pa'u lautele, loloto, ma laina e le masani ai, fa'alautele i le periungual, o se fa'ailoga mo le melanoma.