Unilateral trachyonychia in a patient with reflex sympathetic dystrophy - 24/04/13
Doi : 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.02.028
Brian Pucevich, BS, Lori Spencer, MD, PhD, Joseph C. English, MD ⁎ 
Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reprint requests: Joseph C. English III, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Residency Program Director, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Dermatology, 190 Lothrop St, Suite 145, Lothrop Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.Abstract |
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is a poorly understood neurovascular disorder characterized by pain, altered sensation, motor disturbance, soft tissue changes, vasomotor changes, and autonomic changes that occurs after trauma to an extremity. Unilateral leukonychia, Beau’s lines, nailfold swelling, and nail clubbing have been an observed sequela of RSD. We present a case of a unilateral atypical trachyonychia occurring in the setting of RSD after traumatic fracture of a digit.
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Vol 58 - N° 2
P. 320-322 - février 2008 Retour au numéro
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