COVID toes or pernio?

Lupus pernio or chilblain lupus?: two different entities.

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"Ainhum," or Spontaneous Amputation of the Toes

Dr. Menzel's case was that of a woman aged forty-four, with marked congenital deformities of all the fingers and toes, except the right thumb, which was normal The right middle finger, at the middle of the first phalanx, and the right index finger, the middle of the second phalanx, were contracted by deep furrows, with enlargement of the part beyond the constriction in the former instance. On s...

Pernio in pediatrics.

Pernio, or chilblains, is a localized inflammatory lesion of the skin resulting from an abnormal response to cold. Five cases were seen among adolescent female patients who presented to our rheumatology service in a pediatric tertiary care center in the winter of 2003 to 2004. All 5 patients were thin (BMI of <25th percentile) and had either toes or fingers that were affected. For each, laborat...

The Babinski sign: thumbs up or toes down?

Does pernio cause nail dystrophy?

Pernio is an abnormal inflammatory response to moisture and cold. It is characterized with inflammatory, erythema or violet, painful or itchy cutaneous lesions affecting distal extremities, particularly the fingers and toes. It is more common in women. A literature search showed no reports of nail deformities due to pernio. Here, we present a pernio case who developed nail deformities after ext...