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.
Varwere vazhinji vanowana melanonychia ine chekuita nazvo, sezvo ichikonzera brownish-black discoloration yembambo yechipikiri. Icho chikonzero chinowanzo konzera ruvara rwembambo, nezvikonzero zvinotangira kubva kune zvakaipa kusvika kune zvingave zvakakomba, senge melanomas. Longitudinal bhendi-senge melanonychia inogona kubva kune akasiyana emunharaunda kana systemic zvinhu. 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.
Bhandi rakafara, rakadzama rine pigment ine mitsetse isina kurongeka uye pigmented yakawedzera pa periungual tissues chiratidzo che melanoma.