Peculiar Nail Anomalies

Nail anomalies in Hodgkin's disease

“…Muehrcke (1956) observed these lines in patients with chronic hypoalbuminaemia. Weber's (1918) patient had ascites, while Ronchese's (1951) patient had a 2-month history of high fever. Transverse white ungual lines were first reported by Sabin (1901) in arsenical poisoning.…”

Dystrophia unguium mediana canaliformis

“…Ronchese [26] discusses a number of these cases. The fissural lesions are called by him dystrophia longitudinalis fissuriformis.…”

“…The fissural lesions are called by him dystrophia longitudinalis fissuriformis. In some cases median longitudinal ridges (striae) have been observed, sometimes combined with fissures [1,8,12,26]. Another characteristic type is a longitudinal nail dystrophy consisting of a median fissure, with radiating, dark-colored side branches, sloping backward towards the base, giving the aspect of an arrowhead or a fir tree [13, 14.…”

The Racket Thumb-Nail

“…After the first 63 cases published in 1951 [1], 1 observed 150 more. I found it three times more frequent in the female.…”