Twenty-Nail-Dystrophy (TND) / Trachyonychia: a case report in a five year old girl seen at the Paediatric Out-patient Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Lafia North-Central Nigeria

Autor: Bello Surajudeen Oyeleke, Kure Ibrahim Shekwonyadu
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 36, Iss 380 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.380.20936
Popis: Twenty-Nail-Dystrophy (TND) also referred to as Trachyonychia is a disorder of the nails. It can affect all the nails hence the name. Trachyonychia is characterized by nail roughness, longitudinal ridging, fragility and hyper-pigmentation. It can occur in all ages and respond poorly to treatment. With this background, we report the case of a five year old girl with this disorder.
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