Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails

Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails

Onychomadesis is a clinical sign of nail plate separation due to transient or permanent arrest of nail matrix activities. Onychomadesis can be considered as a severe form of Beau’s line. This condition usually occurs after trauma, causal diseases, or medications, yet it rarely occurs as an idiopathi...

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Main Authors: Poonkiat Suchonwanit, Sunatra Nitayavardhana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6451327
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spelling doaj-353fa959787f4ecb8a3c8e3cf46086f22020-11-24T20:59:53ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712016-01-01201610.1155/2016/64513276451327Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of ToenailsPoonkiat Suchonwanit0Sunatra Nitayavardhana1Division of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandDivision of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandOnychomadesis is a clinical sign of nail plate separation due to transient or permanent arrest of nail matrix activities. Onychomadesis can be considered as a severe form of Beau’s line. This condition usually occurs after trauma, causal diseases, or medications, yet it rarely occurs as an idiopathic condition. We report a case of a 38-year-old Thai female who developed recurrence onychomadesis in several toenails in the absence of predisposing factors or associated conditions. To the best of our knowledge, our patient is the first reported case of idiopathic onychomadesis limited to toenails.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6451327
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author Poonkiat Suchonwanit
Sunatra Nitayavardhana
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Sunatra Nitayavardhana
Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
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Sunatra Nitayavardhana
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title Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails
title_short Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails
title_full Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails
title_fullStr Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails
title_full_unstemmed Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails
title_sort idiopathic sporadic onychomadesis of toenails
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
issn 2090-6463
2090-6471
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Onychomadesis is a clinical sign of nail plate separation due to transient or permanent arrest of nail matrix activities. Onychomadesis can be considered as a severe form of Beau’s line. This condition usually occurs after trauma, causal diseases, or medications, yet it rarely occurs as an idiopathic condition. We report a case of a 38-year-old Thai female who developed recurrence onychomadesis in several toenails in the absence of predisposing factors or associated conditions. To the best of our knowledge, our patient is the first reported case of idiopathic onychomadesis limited to toenails.
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