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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

psoriasis nail dystrophy onycholysis

Body Site

hand nail, hand

Age

21 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

yellow brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 21 year old man with severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis improved dramatically with oral methotrexate 17.5 mg/week. However, his nails remained yellowish-brown, scaly and friable.

Description

friable yellowish-brown dystrophic nails

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions nail disorders

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12/11/2002 8:29:23

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