Severe Onycholysis in a Card Illusionist with Alopecia Areata Universalis

In patients with alopecia areata (AA), nail abnormalities due to nail matrix inflammation are common and usually not severe. We report the case of a 23-year-old man with AA universalis, who developed severe abnormalities of all his fingernails. Systemic steroids improved the onycholysis that had an...

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Autores principales: Tosti, Antonella, Pazzaglia, Massimiliano, Venturi, Michela, Chiacchio, Nilton Chiacchio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24403770
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.122966
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Sumario:In patients with alopecia areata (AA), nail abnormalities due to nail matrix inflammation are common and usually not severe. We report the case of a 23-year-old man with AA universalis, who developed severe abnormalities of all his fingernails. Systemic steroids improved the onycholysis that had an important impact on the patient's job, as he was a card illusionist.

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