This paper reported a case of onychomadesis which appeared on the nails after heal of cutaneous lesions of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD). There were a few reports describing onychomadesis after HFMD; however, the mechanism is still unclear. The present case was prospectively observed, and onychomadesis was found to develop only on the nails having cutaneous lesions of HFMD. We considered that ...

The yellow nail syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the classic triad of yellow and dystrophic nails, lymphedema and pleural effusion. We report in this paper a case of yellow nail syndrome, presenting the classic triad of the disease, associated with an unusual lymph accumulation in the abdomen region.

BACKGROUND Previous authors have claimed that dehydration of the nail plate causes brittle nails. Some experts claim that normal nails contain 18% water, and brittle nails contain less than 16%. OBJECTIVE We sought to test the hypothesis that brittle nails contain 2% less water than normal nails. We also examined the relationship between a number of health and behavioral variables and brittle...

Various physiological and disease associated changes and disorders are seen in the aging nail. Nails growth rate is slow among elders. Additionally, as age advances; nail plate appears pale, dull & opaque. Symptoms, signs and treatment options of these changes and disorders in the elderly will enable better assessment and management of disorders, in particular, various degenerative and onycholo...

BACKGROUND Despite that a mid-third simple transverse femoral shaft fracture has been traditionally treated with an unlocked reamed intramedullary nail, recently a static locked reamed intramedullary nail has been favored by some orthopedists to avoid missing extended fracture lines. A prospective comparison of both nails was conducted to investigate the superiority between the nails from biome...

Psoriasis is the skin disease that most frequently affects the nails. Depending on the very nail structure involved, different clinical nail alterations can be observed. Irritation of the apical matrix results in psoriatic pits, mid-matrix involvement may cause leukonychia, whole matrix affection may lead to red lunulae or severe nail dystrophy, nail bed involvement may cause salmon spots, subu...

Trachyonychia or rough nails, may present as an idiopathic disorder of the nails or it can be associated with other dermatological conditions. The dystrophic nail findings seen in trachyonychia are characterized by brittle, thin nails, with excessive longitudinal ridging. The most common histopathologic features associated with trachyonychia are spongiosis and exocytosis of inflammatory cells i...

Yellow nail syndrome was defined in 1964 as a combination of slow growing, discoloured nails and edema (Samman & White, 1964). The rate of growth of finger nails was less than 0.2 mm per week compared with the normal 0.5-1.2 mm per week. The nails were thickened and the cuticles were deficient. The color varied from pale yellow to slightly greenish. Onycholysis (separation of the nail from its ...

Green nails, also known as chloronychia or green nail syndrome, are characterized by green discoloration of the nail plate (greenish-yellow, greenish-brown, greenish-black), proximal chronic non-tender paronychia, and distolateral onycholysis. The cause is Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the nail plate in persons whose hands are constantly exposed to water, soaps, and detergents or are subj...

INTRODUCTION: Plaque-type psoriasis affecting the nails, scalp, hands or feet can often be difficult to treat; for example, topical treatments and phototherapy may not penetrate the nail plate or scalp. The objective of this large, international, multicentre study was to investigate the efficacy of efalizumab in a Latin American population of adult patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaqu...