DermAtlas: Dermatology Image Ingrown_toe_nails_1_030622 (ingrown nail

Dermatology - NAIL, FOOT: ingrown nail - nail dystrophy

Image Name:

Ingrown_toe_nails_1_030622

File Type:

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Diagnosis:

INGROWN NAIL / NAIL DYSTROPHY

Category:

nail disorders

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Body Site:

nail, foot

Age:

25 years

Gender:

female

Image Year:

2003

Contributor:

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

First Published:

June 23, 2003

Description:

bilateral ingrown toenails

Comments:

This 24-year-old girl had chronic ingrown toe nails with recurrent redness, swelling, tenderness, and drainage at the base of both great toe nails. She improved with partial nail removal and cauterization of the nail matrix followed by a 7 day course of oral cefadroxil 500mg twice daily. Ingrown toenails (unguis incarnatus) is a common nail problem of uncertain etiology. Various causes include tight fitting footwear, infection, improperly trimmed toenails, trauma, and hereditary malalignment of the nail matrix. The lateral aspect of the great toe is the most commonly involved.

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