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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Ingrown_toe_nails_2_030622 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | INGROWN NAIL / NAIL DYSTROPHY | Category: | nail disorders | ||
| Body Site: | nail, foot | Age: | 25 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| 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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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Ingrown_toe_nails_1_030622 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | INGROWN NAIL / NAIL DYSTROPHY | Category: | nail disorders | ||
| Body Site: | nail, foot | Age: | 25 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Related Images: | Ingrown_toe_nails_2_030622 | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | malalignednailspgh_1_030201 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | MALALIGNMENT OF NAIL / INGROWN NAIL / ONYCHOLYSIS | Category: | nail disorders | ||
| Body Site: | nail, foot | Age: | 10 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | thickened yellow great toe nails with onycholysis | ||||
| Comments: | This 10-year-old boy complained of chronic nail changes of the great toes for over a year. Note the malalignment of the nails relative to the axis of the toe. These patients are prone to recurrent ingrown toe nails, trauma, and onycholysis. | ||||
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