A 78-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease visited our emergency department due to pain in her right flank. Abdominal computed tomography revealed perirenal hematoma and angiomyolipomas, and transcatheter arterial embolization was performed. Angiography also showed bilateral renal aneurysms. A physical examination revealed several red papules (facial angiofibromas) (Picture 1) and skincolo...

Abstract Paronychia is an inflammatory condition of alongside nail toe or finger. It seen commonly in housewives and housemaids. may be acute chronic. Majority patients with paronychia respond well to nonsurgical treatment. Patients chronic great do not suffer from pain finger toe. Many treatment methods are available for All have merits, demerits, different outcomes. This study conducted find ...

Osteochondromas and subungual exostosis are commonly misunderstood conditions. They are widely used synonymously. However a detailed review of literature tells us that subungual exostosis is in fact a rare variant of osteochondroma. This peculiar tumor is relatively uncommon; it has not been much remarked on the recent years. We report a case of subungual exostosis of the hallux in an 18 year o...

Editor Superficial acral fibromyxoma is a rare, distinctive soft tissue benign neoplasm that has a predilection to develop on the hands and feet of adults. Except for the only rare location on the palm, superficial acral fibromyxoma usually involves the fingers and toes, and the big toe tends to be the most frequently affected site. Most cases of superficial acral fibromyxoma tend to occur in e...

There is concern that bluish skin discoloration associated with ezogabine treatment could be permanent. We present a case of ezogabine-induced skin discoloration that resolved completely after discontinuation. A 55-year-old woman started ezogabine 400 mg three times a day at age 41. Bluish pigmentation over the toe nails, finger nails, around eyes and over and around lips was first noted after ...

BACKGROUND Onychomycosis, a fungal nail infection, can impact quality of life. OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tavaborole topical solution, 5% for treatment of toenail onychomycosis. METHODS In 2 phase-III trials, adults with distal subungual onychomycosis affecting 20% to 60% of a target great toenail were randomized 2:1 to tavaborole or vehicle once daily for 48...

Ingrown toenail is a common problem resulting from various etiologies including improperly trimmed nails, hyperhidrosis, and poorly fitting shoes. Patients commonly present with pain in the affected nail but with progression, drainage, infection, and difficulty walking occur. Excision of the lateral nail plate combined with lateral matricectomy is thought to provide the best chance for eradicat...

We present the case of a 15-month-old boy who was brought by his mother for lesions affecting the nails of the first 3 fingers of both hands, and that had been present since birth. The other fingernails and the toenails showed no abnormalities. The patient had started walking at 1 year, with abnormalities of gait and frequent falls. In addition, the child had started speaking late, at 12 months...

During 12 months survey on 33 patients with onychomycosis, only one of them showed infection due to scopulariopsis brevicalis. The case was a 38-year-old male with great toe nail lesion which was diagnosed as Trichophyton rubrum based on smear and culture. The patient was treated with 3 weekly pulses of itraconazole, 200mg twice daily during 3 months and showed marked clinical improvement. But ...

Results A total of 88 subjects were examined (45men and 43 women); the average age were 41 years old. Abnormal appearing nails were present in 48 cases. Mycologic evidence of onychomycosis were present in 42 cases. The clinical presentation of onychomycosis was: distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis (47%); white superficial onychomycosis (5%); proximal subungual onychomycosis (21%); total ...