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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Hannah Phillips & Graeme Murray

Mum forced to have finger amputated after tiny warning sign on her fingernail

A mum was forced to have her finger amputated after a tiny warning sign on her fingernail.

Elizabeth Misselbrook first noticed the suspicious dark brown line running down her left, middle finger in September 2019 and immediately made an appointment with her GP.

The 40-year-old was referred to a dermatologist who, in March 2020, removed the nail to perform a biopsy where the entire nail bed was taken down to the bone and a skin graft placed on top.

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