Melanonychias

Nilton Di Chiacchio: MD; PhD. Professor of Dermatology, Universidade de São Amaro, Brazil. Head of Dermatology Clinic, Hospital do Servidor Público Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil. Author of several publications on international journals, most of them on the field of nails health. Co-Editor of the book Nail SurgeryAntonella Tosti: MD; PhD. Professor of Clinical Dermatology at the Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami. Former Professor of Dermatology at the University of Bologna, for 20 years. Dr. Tosti is a worldwide reference in hair and nais disorders. She is member of many dermatological societies including the ADA, AAD, EADV, WDS and ISD. She is author of more than 600 publications and 20 books, several of them very successfully with Springer.

• 1. Melanocytes of the Nail.- 2. Epidemiology of Melanonychias.- 3. Clinical Evaluation: clinical features, worried signs, ABCDEF rule.- 4. Dermoscopy of the nail plate, nail matrix and nail bed.- 5. Hypermelanosis (melanocyte activation).- 6. Lentigo and nevus.- 7. Subungual Melanoma.- 8. Melanonychia in Children.- 9. Non-melanocytic Melanonychia.- 10. Histologic analysis of the nail plate in the diagnosis of melanonychia and other nail pigmentation.- 11. Biopsy.- 12. Histopathological analysis.- 13. Treatment of Nail Unit Melanoma.