Twenty-nail childhood dystrophyL60.3

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 17.06.2023

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Trachyonychia idiopathica of all finger and toe nails occurring in children with a tendency to spontaneous regression with age. The entity is controversial.

Acquired forms associated with Langerhans cell histiocytosis have been described (Oyeleke BS et al. 2020).

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Spongiotic dermatitis of the nail matrix.

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

S.u. Twenty nail dystrophy.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Brown-Falco O et al (1981) Trachyonychia: 20-nail dystrophy. Dermatologist 32: 17-22
  2. James V et al (2021) Twenty nail dystrophy in a child with Langerhans cell histiocytosis and tuberculosis. Sudan J Paediatr 21:200-204.
  3. Oyeleke BS et al (2020) Twenty-nail dystrophy / 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. Pan Afr Med J 36:380.

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Last updated on: 17.06.2023

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer