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 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | koilonychia_1_030608 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | KOILONYCHIA | Category: | nail disorders / cutaneous sign of systemic disease | ||
| Body Site: | hand / hand | Age: | 38 years | ||
| Contributor: | Jayalath Thilak, MD | ||||
| Description: | 38 year old female patient presented with symptoms of severe anaemia. on examination she was found to have severe pallor and koilonychia. Investigations revealed that she had severe iron deficiency anaemia due to long standing menorrhagia. | ||||
| Comments: | This 38-year-old woman with severe anemia was noted to have pale skin and koilonychia. | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | onychoschizia_1_010310 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | KOILONYCHIA / ONYCHOSCHIZIA / NAIL DYSTROPHY | Category: | nail disorders | ||
| Body Site: | nail, foot | Age: | 7 months | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | lamellar splitting of the tip of the nails, spoon nails | ||||
| Comments: | A 7 month old boy with congenital koilonychia of the great toe nails developed onychoschizia or lamellar splitting of the distal nail plate. His mother complained that the tips of his great toe nails were always getting caught on his socks. | ||||
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