Rheumatoid Arthritis, Synovitis, Onycholysis, Onychomycosis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

rheumatoid arthritis synovitis onycholysis onychomycosis

Body Site

hand finger

Age

64 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

yellow

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This 64 year old woman with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis developed nontender rubbery nodules on her elbows. She also had chronic synovitis with severe involvement of the wmall joints of her hands. A number of her nails demonstrate chronic distal subungual onychomycosis with yellowing, onycholysis, and scaling of the finger tips.

Description

chronic synovitis, nail yellowing with distal sugungual scale and onycholysis

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4/28/2002 11:41:10

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