acquired bilateral longitudinal true leukonychia in a 35‑year‑old woman

Acquired Bilateral Longitudinal True Leukonychia in a 35-year-old Woman

Acquired bilateral longitudinal true leukonychia is a rare disorder. We present a case of a 35-year-old healthy woman presented with this unusual and rare manifestation. She mentioned a history of unprotected exposure to detergents and bleaching chemical agents. Considering her low zinc level, she was prescribed with zinc capsules and recommended to avoid chemical substances for 6 months. Durin...

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...

Idiopathic acquired persistent true partial to total leukonychia.

Idiopathic Acquired Leukonychia in a 34-Year-Old Patient

We present a rare case of a 34-year-old patient with persistent, progressive, acquired leukonychia totalis and partialis. Idiopathic acquired leukonychia is a rare chromatic disorder of the nail not associated with other abnormalities and discernible etiology. Our case report did not link the inheritance of leukonychia with diverse clinical syndromes. To our knowledge, only five cases of idiopa...

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...

A Rare Case of Acquired Segmental Megacolon with Unknown Cause in a Young Woman

Acquired Megacolon is a rare disease that usually presents in elderly people and there have been only few reported cases in literature. In this article we report a 24-year-old woman who had referred with chronic intermittent epigastric pain from 4-5 years ago and also chronic constipation and distension of upper abdominal part. Clinical examinations and imaging studies (chest x-ray, barium enem...