Korean J Dermatol.  1985 Jun;23(3):419-422.

A Case of Twenty-Nail Dystrophy

Abstract

A 38-year-old female patient presented dystrophic nail changes on her all finger and toe nails for 10 years. On examination, nails were uniformly affected with longitudinal ridging, loss of normal luster and brownish discoloration. This patient has not had any inflammatory skin diseases or systernic illness for the past 10 years. Biopsy examination from the dystrophic nail showed non-specific eczematous changes. The clinical and histologic features of this yatient was considered as the consistent findings with the ty enty-nail dystrophy, occured on the idiopathic base, coined by previous authors.

Keyword

Twenty - nail dystrophy; Longitudinal ridging; Idiopathic

MeSH Terms

Adult
Biopsy
Female
Fingers
Humans
Numismatics
Skin Diseases
Toes
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