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Subungual Keratoacanthoma
Supported by the Savannah and Barry French Poodle Memorial Fund
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Last Modified: August 21, 2005
Michael H. Goldschmidt, MSc, BVMS, MRCVS, Diplomate ACVP Professor and Head, Laboratory of Pathology and Toxicology Chief, Surgical Pathology Department of Pathobiology
Frances S. Shofer, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Definition: A benign neoplasm of the nailbed epithelium.
Synonym: nailbed keratoacanthoma
Epidemiology
| Sex | N | Percent |
| Female | 19 | 14% (21%) |
| Female Spayed | 46 | 35% (33%) |
| Male | 33 | 25% (25%) |
| Male Castrated | 35 | 21% (21%) |
| (Normal Population %) |
Breed
| Site | Percent |
| Forelimb | 59% |
| Hindlimb | 41% |
