Nail dystrophy

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Classification according to ICD-10
L60.32 Nail dystrophy
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

A nail dystrophy , and onychodystrophy (from ancient Greek ὄνυξ onyx , German , claw , fingernail ' ) is a symptom for a variety of diseases in which fingernails or toenails a growth or nutritional disorder ( dystrophy show). Nail dystrophy can be caused by disturbances in the nail bed, the nail plate or the area around the nail.

etiology

Possible causes are:

clinic

Depending on the cause, individual, several or all nails are changed. Short-term effects manifest themselves as punctiform or transverse lesions, in chronic disorders there are longitudinal changes.

In the context of syndromes

Nail dystrophies have been described for the following syndromes :

literature

  • T. Oppel, HC Korting: Onychodystrophy and its management. In: German medical science: GMS e-journal. Volume 1, 2003, S. Doc02, PMID 19675700 , PMC 2703226 (free full text).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Entry on nail dystrophy in Flexikon , a wiki of the DocCheck company
  2. a b Encyclopedia Dermatology
  3. Bernfried Leiber (founder): The clinical syndromes. Syndromes, sequences and symptom complexes . Ed .: G. Burg, J. Kunze, D. Pongratz, PG Scheurlen, A. Schinzel, J. Spranger. 7., completely reworked. Edition. tape 2 : symptoms . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich et al. 1990, ISBN 3-541-01727-9 .
  4. Erythrodermia desquamativa. In: Orphanet (Rare Disease Database).