Nail Dystrophy, Median, Nail Dystrophy - DermAtlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

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nail dystrophy, median nail dystrophy

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nail, hand

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9 years

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light

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This 9-year-old boy developed nail dystrophy with discolored transverse grooves on the proximal thumbnails bilaterally. He also demonstrated his habit of pushing on his thumbnails and cuticles with his index fingers.

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disruption of the cuticle and multiple transverse yellow-brown grooves on the proximal nail

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9/26/2004 21:27:52

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