Pachyonychia Congenita, Nail Dystrophy - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

pachyonychia congenita nail dystrophy

Body Site

knee leg

Age

10 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This healthy boy had dystrophic nails since birth, white plaques on his tongue, and follicular papules on his legs. No one in his family had similar nail changes.

Description

thickened yellow nails with distal subungual scale and hemorrhage

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9/2/2004 23:13:13

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