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Carrie McCann, RN

Diagnosis

Beau lines nail dystrophy

Body Site

nail, hand

Age

50 years

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Organization

Color

Morphology

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This 50-year-old woman developed a transverse groove several months after a serious systemic infection fromn which she recovered 6 months earlier. These growth arrest lines affected all 20 nails and slowly grew toward the distal edge of the nail plate.

Description

transverse groove

Categories

nail disorders cutaneous sign of systemic disease

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2/6/2004 15:02:14

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