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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

leukonychia

Body Site

nail, hand

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This healthy 9-year-old boy was evaluated for linear white macules on his finger nails. The toe nails were spared. He did confess to habitually picking at his nails near the cuticles.

Description

narrow transverse white macules

Categories

nail disorders environmental injury

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7/1/2007 17:15:07

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