Yellow nail syndrome: the nail that grows half as fast grows twice as thick

Autor:	D. De Berker, D. L. Moffitt
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	musculoskeletal diseases Free edge integumentary system business.industry Longitudinal growth Yellow nail syndrome Dermatology Anatomy Nail plate Thumb medicine.disease body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Nail disease NAIL GROWTH medicine Nail (anatomy) business
Zdroj:	Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 25:21-23
ISSN:	0307-6938
Popis:	We report a case of a 51-year-old man with yellow nail syndrome (YNS).1 During a 23-week period of study, the dynamics of thumbnail growth were compared between one affected thumb and the normal contralateral thumb. Longitudinal nail growth was normal (0.46 mm/week) in the normal thumb and double that of the affected thumb (0.23 mm/week). Thickness of nail at the free edge in the affected thumb (0.97 mm) was twice that of the normal thumb (0.57 mm). Within the nail plate in the dorso-ventral axis there were 50% more cells in the affected thumb (358) in comparison with the contralateral control (242). This case illustrates that rate of longitudinal growth does not necessarily reflect nail plate production.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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