Importance of visible lunula in healthy and diseased fingernail plates

Amer, Mohamed; Mostafa, Fawzia Farag

doi:10.1046/j.1468-3083.2000.00096-13.x

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“…It also expresses the nature and extent of nail matrix involvement in the disease process in diseased nails. Absent lunula was observed in diseases characterized clinically by onycholysis, dystrophic nail, nail shedding, trachyonychia, lateral, and distal subungual hyperkeratosis 20,21 and sometimes found in normal persons 5 …”

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Nail changes in chronic renal failure patients under haemodialysis

Salem¹,

Mokadem²,

Attwa³

et al. 2008

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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Nail changes in chronic renal failure patients under haemodialysis

Salem¹,

Mokadem²,

Attwa³

et al. 2008

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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“…Lunula is more frequently visible in longer nails. Amer et al suggested that a large sized nail must be formed from a large matrix that leads to forward extension of the distal matrix as visible lunula [23]. On the other hand a small sized nail has an invisible lunula [23].…”

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“…Amer et al suggested that a large sized nail must be formed from a large matrix that leads to forward extension of the distal matrix as visible lunula [23]. On the other hand a small sized nail has an invisible lunula [23]. Racial variations in the normal size of the lunula have been mentioned in the past and incidentally macrolunula (enlarged lunula) has been observed as a normal variant in persons from India [5].…”

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Anolunula in Fingernails among Patients Infected with HIV

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Lunula is the white, half-moon shaped area seen in proximal ends of some nails. Though a few studies have described the nail changes that can occur in association with HIV infection, none of these paid much attention to lunula. Aims and Objectives. To study the lunula in fingernails among HIV infected patients. Materials and Methods. An observational, cross-sectional study to record presence of lunula in 168 HIV-positive patients and compare it with age and sex matched 168 healthy HIV-negative control. Anolunula (absence of lunula) in HIV-positive patients was correlated with CD4 counts, stages of HIV infection, time since patient was diagnosed as HIV-positive, and status of antiretroviral therapy. Results. Anolunula was present in significantly more fingernails in HIV-positive patients compared to HIV-negative controls. There was a highly significant difference for total anolunula (anolunula in all fingernails) in study and control group. Incidence of total anolunula was directly proportional to the stage of HIV infection, increasing progressively as the HIV infection advances from stage 1 to stage 4. Conclusion. Absence of lunula is related to not only HIV infection per se but also the stages of HIV infection.

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The association between absent lunula and depression in depressive outpatients: A case-control study

Zhou

Zhao

et al. 2013

Psychiatry Research

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Importance of visible lunula in healthy and diseased fingernail plates

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Nail changes in chronic renal failure patients under haemodialysis

Nail changes in chronic renal failure patients under haemodialysis

Anolunula in Fingernails among Patients Infected with HIV

The association between absent lunula and depression in depressive outpatients: A case-control study

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