Jennifer Trainor, MD, pediatric emergency room physician: The fancy name is onychocryptosis. There are several degrees of involvement ranging from minimal erythema and edema to a large, swollen toe with purulent drainage. The etiology is felt to relate to improper growth of the nail penetrating the skin. This may be due to improper nail trimming, which leaves a curved, sharp nail or to an unusu...

BACKGROUND Fungal infection of the nail affects millions of people worldwide and has an estimated prevalence of more than 10% of the general population. OBJECTIVES To determinate the prevalence of fungal infection in toenails, in order to decide the treatment policy for onychomycosis. METHODS We evaluated 331 patients with suspected clinical toenail onychomycosis affecting at least two toen...

UNLABELLED Ingrowing nail also known as onychocryptosis is a common health problem. This disease mostly affects young people, often carrying a considerable amount of socio-economic implications. It's foot problem that usually manifests as inflammation of tissue along the side of a toenail. The aim of the study was to asses and to compare effectiveness of electrocautery and phenol application in...

We describe two patients in whom poor healing after chemical ablation for ingrown toenails unmasked significant vascular disease of the lower extremities. We have found no similar reports in the English language literature.

We report the cutaneous side effects of Iressa (ZD1839), a new anti-cancer agent that acts by inhibiting epidermal growth factor receptor signal transduction. The most common cutaneous adverse effect was the development of an acneiform eruption on the face, anterior trunk and back (39%). The second most common side effect was xerosis or desquamation of the face, body or distal parts of the fing...