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Procedure / technique
Nail biopsy
Taking a small piece of the nail or nail bed to clarify persistent changes — discolouration, deformity, suspected nail tumour.
Carried out under local anaesthetic to the finger or toe, it is the decisive test when the cause of the nail change is not obvious.
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