55 year old man with 6 month history of nail distrophy. Only thumbs. He works with his hands cutting film. Trauma likely.The patient wrote:
"I noticed left thumbnail change in appearance in late August 2005. I scraped the nail down and got fluid near base. The right thumbnail became abnormal after trauma in October of 2005 showing a crack straight up the middle of the nail."
Moderator: I suspect lichen planus. Median nail dystrophy less likely.
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ReplyDeleteI think that occasionally discoid LE can produce such nail changes. In the Lupus Erythematosus (LE) chapter of the textbook that Tom Provost and I edited, Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases, are photos of a similr case I saw in an adult black female having typical discoid LE lesions elsewhere on her body. A nailfold biopsy showed changes consistent with discoid LE and/or lichen planus (ie, "lupus planus"). Does the current pt have any clinic or lab evidence of LE?
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My FIRST COMMENT was about the first nail case of onycholysis It was by mistake thrown here?????.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the present case,the picture is suggestive of a nail lichen planus with characterestic thin frayed nail margin.
KHALIFA SHARQUIE
I have the same problem. No trauma. Just genetics. My father had it too. I am an MD myself.
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