True Leukonychia in Crohn Disease Induced by Selenium Deficiency

True leukonychia in Crohn disease induced by selenium deficiency.

Report of aCase |Aman inhis 30spresentedwithan18-yearhistory of Crohndisease andhadundergonepartial resections of both small and large bowel 6 times. In recent years, the patient had been maintained on total parenteral nutrition, taking enteral nutritional products because of short-bowel syndrome.Hewas referred to our outpatient clinicwith a 2-week history of nail color changes. On physical exa...

Idiopathic Acquired True Leukonychia Totalis and Partialis

262 Ann Dermatol Received Setember 21, 2012, Revised February 21, 2013, Accepted for publication April 22, 2013 Corresponding author: Sook-Ja Son, Department of Dermatology, Eulji General Hospital, 68 Hangeulbiseong-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-711, Korea. Tel: 82-2-970-8580, Fax: 82-2-974-1577, E-mail: ssjmdderma@ daum.net This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative C...

Chemotherapy-induced leukonychia.

A 24-year old female patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia was treated with the induction therapy of the GIMEMA ALL protocol based on vincristine, daunorubicin, asparaginase and prednisone. In the second month of therapy, she was found to have white bands on all her fingernails. There were two bands on each fingernail (Figure), but her toenails were not affected. It was observed that the tr...

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Induced by Chronic Starvation and Selenium Deficiency

Protein energy malnutrition (PEM) has been rarely documented as a cause of cardiovascular abnormalities, including dilated cardiomyopathy. Selenium is responsible for antioxidant defense mechanisms in cardiomyocytes, and its deficiency in the setting of PEM and disease related malnutrition (DRM) may lead to exacerbation of the dilated cardiomyopathy. We report a rare case of a fourteen-year-old...

Idiopathic acquired persistent true partial to total leukonychia.