Nail Changes with associated conditions Flashcards
1
Q
horizontal depression across nail plate caused by transient arrest of nail growth
A
beau line
2
Q
Causes of blue nails
A
antimalarial drugs, minocycline, wilson’s dz
3
Q
causes of brown nails
A
addisons dz, hemochromatosis, malignant melanoma
4
Q
Cause of green nail
A
pseudomonas infection
5
Q
Causes of clubbing nails
A
cardiac, pulmonary or gi dz
6
Q
seen in long standing iron deficiency anemia or plummer vinson syndrome
A
spoon nail; koilonychia
7
Q
when do you see splinter hemorrhages
A
in subacute bacterial endocarditis and trichinosis
