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Beau-reilsche cross furrows of the nailsL60.4

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 25.02.2022

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Nail furrows

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HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.

Beau, Josef Honoré Simon, 1846; Reil, Johann Christian

DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Symptom named after the first describer, French internist JHS Beau (and Hallens anatomist JC Reil) with "trench-like transverse furrows of the nails" caused by passive disturbances of nail growth.

EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.

After serious illnesses and intoxications; traumatic due to excessive pushing back of the cuticle during manicure; physiological in infants towards the end of the first month of life. Depending on the duration and extent of the matrix damage, the furrows vary in width and depth (up to the separation of the proximal nail portion from the distal one).

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

Not required. Clarification in case of manipulation as cause (usually not perceived by the patient).

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Last updated on: 25.02.2022

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer