Onychomycosis, Dermatophytosis, Tinea Unguium, Onycholysis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

onychomycosis dermatophytosis tinea unguium onycholysis

Body Site

toe nail, foot

Age

8 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

yellow

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 8 year old girl had a 4 year history of yellowing of the medial aspect of the left great toe nail. She also had some distal subungual scale and onycholysis. A fungal culture from the subungual debris grew Trichophyton rubrum. Careful examination of the family revealed tinea pedis in her father. The nail cleared with 5 months of treatment with oral itraconazole.

Description

yellowiing of nail with distal subungual scale and onycholysis

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4/28/2002 10:54:56

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