Half and half nail or Lindsay’s nail

Behcet's disease with half and half nail and pulmonary artery aneurysm.

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Half-and-half nail in a case of isoniazid-induced pellagra

Pellagra is a forgotten disease, particularly in developed countries. It is a nutritional disorder characterized by 4 “Ds”: diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death. Causes of pellagra are chronic alcoholism, inadequate diet, malabsorption, metabolic derangement and drugs. Half-and-half nail is an occasional but specific clinical finding in chronic renal failure. We report a case of Isoniazid-...

Subtrochanteric fractures: Zickel nail or nail-plate?

Of 135 consecutive patients admitted with subtrochanteric fractures of the femur, 104 were studied; half had internal fixation with a Zickel nail and half had a nail-plate device. Fractures treated with a Zickel nail had significantly less blood loss during operation and took less time to walk with full weight-bearing, but the incidence of technical error at operation was higher. Errors include...

Trauma or Tumor? The Nail Splay Sign

Nail and Nail Disorders

The nail unit is a dynamic complex which forms an important part of the integument. This complex consists of the nail matrix (NM), nail bed (NB), hyponychium, nail fold (NF) and the nail plate (NP). Cells of the nail matrix, under the protection of the proximal nail fold mature and keratinised to form the NP. The NM contributes to the most portion of the NP while about 10-15% is produced by the...