Beau lines, onychomadesis, and retronychia are nail dystrophies with distinctive clinical
findings. Trauma has been reported as the initiating factor in each of these entities …

The nail, a fast-growing organ, is sensitive to changes in the germinal matrix, 1 and, as
would be expected, a severe systemic illness can affect the growth rate of the ungual matrix …

Onychomadesis is defined as spontaneous separation of the nail plate from the nail bed,
beginning at its proximal end and resulting in the shedding of the nail. It has been …

Fifteen patients were referred to the dermatologist because of pain and impaired walking,
with a PNF that was erythematous and swollen, and stated that the NP had become yellow …

plate in typhoid fever and other systemic disorders. Conditions reported in association with
these furrows, aptly called Beau lines, include severe systemic diseases, chemotherapy …

BACKGROUND: Onychoheterotopia is an extremely rare condition in which the nail tissue
grows outside the classic nail unit of the dorsal fingers and toes. It presents as either small …

Onychomadesis is characterized by separation of the nail plate from the matrix with
persistent attachment to the nail bed and often, but not always, eventual shedding …

Retronychia is a condition, first described in 1999, characterized by the embedding of the
proximal nail plate into the proximal nail fold and the stacking of a multiple generations of …

HFMD: hand-foot-mouth disease, M: male, F: female, NF: not performed, CA: coxackievirus
A, L5: left fifth, L4: left fourth, L3: left third, L2: left second, L1: left first, R1: right first, R2: right …

WWW. CUTIS. COM (relative risk, 14; 95% confidence interval, 4.57-42.86). 4 A common
pathogen for HFMD is coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), 13, 14 but the mechanism of …