Paronychia, Chronic, Candidiasis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

paronychia, chronic candidiasis

Body Site

finger hand

Age

4 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

Pattern

Comments

A 4 year old finger sucker developed chronic occasionally painful swelling of three fingers associated with nail dystrophy. Candida albicans was cultured from the proximal nail fold. He eventually stopped sucking on the fingers and the paronychia resolved uneventfully.

Description

red, edematous, scaly lateral and proximal nail folds on three fingers with nail dystrophy

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12/9/2000 19:38:35

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