[Function-sparing surgery for subungual melanoma in situ]

Acral melanoma is a rare form of skin melanoma. Subungual melanoma is the most common variant with poor prognosis and difficult diagnosis at the early stages. Surgical treatment of subungual melanoma remains a matter of debate. Standard surgical options include amputation or disarticulation of phalanges proximal to tumor growth. At the same time, some reports show the advantage of function-sparing surgery for melanoma in situ without impairment of surgical quality. We present function-sparing surgery for subungual melanoma in situ.