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Yashpal Manchanda, MD

Diagnosis

Beau lines nail dystrophy

Body Site

nail, hand nail, all

Age

3 years

Pigmentation

dark

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Color

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Pattern

Comments

This healthy 3-year-old boy had transverse grooves in all of his nails which slowly advanced outward for 3 months. Four months before the nail changes were first noted he had a high fever for 2 days associated with a viral upper repsiratory infection.

Description

transverse grooves with splitting and peeling of all of his nails

Categories

nail disorders

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12/21/2008 21:17:26

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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