Digital metastasis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Nail disorders are common complications in oncologic patients who have received chemotherapy.1-4 The all-grade incidence of nail changes with paclitaxel treatment has been reported to be 43.7%.3 Nail characteristics can be divided into anatomic sites—nail matrix (Beau's line, onychomadesis), nail bed (onycholysis, pigmentation changes), and nail fold (paronychia, pyogenic granuloma). This study reports a patient with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue who had nail changes on the left index finger after treatment with taxane chemotherapy and an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor.