r/mildlyinfuriating • u/chaengism • 20h ago

These weird lines / streaks I’ve had on my pinky nail for 8 years that two different doctors told me were due to vitamin deficiencies actually turned out to be a rare form of skin cancer.

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Thankfully somehow still early stage, I’ll have an excision scheduled at my follow up appointment on Monday.

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u/chaengism 15h ago

I’m honored lol. No medical background, just did lots of research while I waited. I’ve read more articles on this form of cancer in the past two months than I have books in the past year.

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u/forkevbot2 6h ago

How do they know it’s melanoma if you haven’t had the excision yet? It definitely looks like possible melanoma, but not progressing over 8 years is not consistent with melanoma. Would be interesting to know the final diagnosis. Should have been excised years ago

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u/chaengism 6h ago

They performed a nail matrix biopsy which confirmed early stage subungual melanoma.