Synonym(s)
acanthoid nail; pelvic membrane of the nail
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Rare clinical result of a scarring-sclerosing process of the digital end phalanx which mainly affects the fingernails. This leads to septum-like skin bridge formations (pterygium, winged skin) between the nail matrix and the dorsal(pterygium unguis dorsalis) or ventral nail plate(pterygium unguis ventralis).
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer