{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,24]],"date-time":"2026-09-24T22:09:10Z","timestamp":1790287750373,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":30,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"9","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,10]],"date-time":"2017-07-10T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1499644800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/termsAndConditions#vor"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Cutan Pathol"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>There are limited data on nail histopathology techniques. The objective of this study was to examine nail histopathology techniques currently in use internationally.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An online survey was sent to the European Nail Society and Council for Nail Disorders during 2015\u20132016.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 57 respondents, from twenty countries comprising dermatologists, podiatrists and pathologists.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Specimens were unmarked or marked using ink or a suture and fixed in 10% formalin, from 6 to 48 hours before embedding in paraffin wax (90% [17\/19]), liquid nitrogen (frozen section, 1\/19) and 2\u2010hydroxyethylmethacrylate (plastic, 1\/19).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Nail softening was undertaken by 71% (17\/24) of respondents for 6 to 48 hours using Mollifex Gurr (12.5%, 3\/24), 10% potassium hydroxide solution (12.5%, 3\/24) or 10% potassium thioglycolate cream (12.5%, 3\/24).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Section thickness was 4 to 9\u2009\u00b5m (62.5%), using a steel microtome (92%,12\/13) on glass slides (91.6%, 11\/12).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Hematoxylin and eosin (H&amp;E) was routine for all biopsies and Periodic acid Schiff (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PAS<\/jats:styled-content>) for fungus. The favored stain for differentiating melanin and hemoglobin was Fontana\u2010Masson (60%, 6\/10). For pigmented lesions, Melan\u2010A was always employed by all respondents (9\/9).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nail histopathology processing has some small variations from normal skin processing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/cup.12976","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,7]],"date-time":"2017-06-07T08:16:48Z","timestamp":1496823408000},"page":"749-756","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["An international survey about nail histology processing techniques"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"44","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7492-798X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christina","family":"Wlodek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dermatology Department Bristol Royal Infirmary  Bristol UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pauline","family":"Lecerf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Brugmann Universit\u00e9 Librede Bruxelles  Brussels Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Josette","family":"Andre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Saint\u2010Pierre Universit\u00e9 Librede Bruxelles  Brussels Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Beth S.","family":"Ruben","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of California San Francisco and Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Palo Alto California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"de Berker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dermatology Department Bristol Royal Infirmary  Bristol UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_5_2_1","unstructured":"ThompsonC.CTAlab.https:\/\/www.cta\u2010lab.com\/nail_resources.html. Accessed October 1 2016."},{"key":"e_1_2_5_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.det.2014.12.012"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1524-4725.2008.34355.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1529-8019.2012.01510.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_6_1","unstructured":"ThompsonC.CTAlab.https:\/\/www.cta\u2010lab.com\/requisitions.html. Accessed October 1 2016."},{"key":"e_1_2_5_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1954.01540240038005"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_8_1","volume-title":"Diseases of the Nails and their Management","author":"Baran R","year":"2012"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_9_1","volume-title":"Atlas der Nagelkrankheiten","author":"Alkiewicz J","year":"1976"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_5_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"223","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1973.01620170035010","article-title":"Softening techniques for nail biopsies","volume":"107","author":"Lewin K","year":"1973","journal-title":"Arch Dermatol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_11_1","first-page":"385","article-title":"Histopathology of the nail","volume":"17","author":"Fleckman P","year":"2001","journal-title":"Adv Dermatol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/jid.1967.158"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09674845.2008.11732799"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/002215549904700512"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4132\/jptm.2015.03.16"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaad.2011.05.046"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0190-9622(98)70601-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2133.1996.d01-906.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaad.2007.05.015"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_5_20_1","first-page":"41","article-title":"Fungal infections of the nail","volume":"10","author":"Haneke E","year":"1991","journal-title":"Semin Dermatol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0560.2007.00890.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0560.2009.01468.x"},{"issue":"7","key":"e_1_2_5_23_1","first-page":"359","article-title":"Diagnosis and therapy of streaked nail pigmentation","volume":"35","author":"Baran R","year":"1984","journal-title":"Hautarzt"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00000372-199508000-00010"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/DAD.0b013e3181e67c87"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.12788\/j.sder.2015.0146"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/cup.12558"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/path.1711460404"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2559.2006.02415.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2133.2000.03246.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_31_1","volume-title":"Histotechnology: A Self\u2010Instructional Text","author":"Carson FL","year":"2015"}],"container-title":["Journal of Cutaneous Pathology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2Fcup.12976","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/cup.12976","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,24]],"date-time":"2023-09-24T10:29:53Z","timestamp":1695551393000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/cup.12976"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,10]]},"references-count":30,"journal-issue":{"issue":"9","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/cup.12976"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/cup.12976","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0303-6987","1600-0560"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0303-6987","type":"print"},{"value":"1600-0560","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,10]]}}}