Diffuse, whitish keratinization disorders of the toenails (especially the right big toe nail) in an 8-year-old girl of Turkish origin with alopeciaareata of unknown etiology.
Age nail. longitudinal ripples and longitudinal ridges of the nail plate in inconspicuous perionychium. the nail substance is hard and easily splinters.
Beau-Reils transverse furrows of the nails. general view: For several years persistent transverse furrow of the left middle finger of a 55-year-old woman with severe dyshidrotic eczema and pustulosis palmoplantaris.
Beau-Reils transverse furrows of the nails. ditch-like transverse furrows of the nail due to temporary disturbances of the nail growth, here as a result of a severe pneumonia.
Glomus tumor. solitary, painful, reddish discoloration under the nail of the right ring finger in a 43-year-old female patient. parallel stabbing pain occurred, which occasionally radiated into the upper arm.
Glomus tumor. reflected light microscopy: Livid striped vascular drawing below the nail plate in the area of the lunula and the eponychium. in this area a punctual, strong pressure pain can be induced.
Half and half nails. zonal, slightly blurred white coloration of the proximal and brown coloration of the distal nail plate which otherwise shows no signs of dystrophy.
half and half nails. white coloration of the proximal half of the nail plate and sharply defined red or brown coloration of the distal half of the nail plate. finger and toenails are affected. the milky white coloration of the free-standing nail plate indicates a simultaneous scleronychia.
Pseudo-Hutchinson, sign (hematoma). hemosiderotic pigmentation of the nail fold. age-related nail (longitudinal stripes) with fine spiltter hemorrhages.
Leuconychia striata: General view: Whitish horizontal stripes in the nail plates in a 48-year-old female patient with Raynaud's symptoms existing since 6 months; slight acrocyanosis.
Leuconychia striata: Detail: The 48-year-old patient reported a color change (blue-white) of the finger ends within the last 6 months and additionally noticed the formation of white horizontal stripes on the nail plate.
Lichen planus. overview with pathognomic fine-tissue architecture of the LP. ligamentous (not reaching into the deeper parts of the dermis) lymphocytic infiltrate which is "crowded" closely to the epithelium. moderate, continuous acanthosis and hypergranulosis as well as severe orthohyperkeratosis. in the right section of the picture distinct cleft formation in the area of the dermo-epidermal junction zone.
lichen planus. detail enlargement: interface dermatitis with sawtooth-like acanthosis. characteristic features are "blurring" of the intercellular boundaries, hypergranulosis, orthohyperkeratosis and epidermotropic lymphocytic infiltrate. distinct vacuolar degeneration of the basal keratinocytes
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