Beau Lines - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Beau lines

Body Site

nail, all

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

linear

Color

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This healthy 5-year-old boy had transverse grooves involving the distal nail plates of all fingers and toes. Some of the distal nails were splitting and peeling. Five months ago he had the flu with high fever, cough, myalgias, and arthralgias and missed a week of school.

Description

transverse grooves with some distal splitting of the nail plate

Image Added

3/8/2010 22:36:44

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