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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | trichorrhexis_nodosa_1_070227 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | TRICHORRHEXIS NODOSA | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | hair | Age: | 18 years | ||
| Contributor: | Philippe Abimelec, MD | ||||
| Description: | white hair shaft micronodules preceding hair fracture; short broken hairs; inset with close up of hair shaft nodules and fracture of hairs with splaying of exposed fibers | ||||
| Comments: | This 18-year-old girl developed acquired trichorrhexis nodosa from chronically rubbing and twirling her hair. Note the multiple white nodules which precede fracture of the hair shafts. The insets demonstrate a close up of the white nodules, and photomicrograph of the hair shaft with white nodules, and a photomicrograph with fractured shafts and splayed fibers. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Subungueal_mycoid_cyst_1_030531 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CYST, DIGITAL MUCOUS / CYST, MYXOID / NAIL DYSTROPHY | Category: | nail disorders | ||
| Body Site: | finger / nail, hand | Age: | 65 years | ||
| Contributor: | Philippe Abimelec, MD | ||||
| Description: | red lunula, tumefaction of the proximal nail, nail thinning and brittle distal nail plate | ||||
| Comments: | This 65-year-old man developed slightly tender dystrophic nail over a myxoid cyst. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Onychopapilloma_1_030531 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ONYCHOPAPILLOMA / KERATOSIS, BENIGN / ONYCHOSCHIZIA / MELANONYCHIA | Category: | nail disorders / papulosquamous eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | finger / nail, hand | Age: | 45 years | ||
| Contributor: | Philippe Abimelec, MD | ||||
| Description: | longitudinal melanonychia, distal nail plate fracture and subungueal filiform hyperkeratosis | ||||
| Comments: | A distal subungual keratosis produced longitudinal melanonychia and distal nail plate fracture and subungueal filiform hyperkeratosis. | ||||
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