Leukonychia totalis and leukonychia partialis are rare nail findings characterized by complete or partial whitening of the nail plate. Leukonychia totalis and leukonychia partialis are usually inherited or associated with systemic disease. Here, we report the case of a 25-year-old man with idiopathic acquired leukonychia totalis and leukonychia partialis and review the literature on this topic.

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...

Sir, was no known consanguinity in the reported family. For this Leukonychia, or white nails, is a common finding in nails of reason, the occurrence of white nails in the two brothers seems fingers or toes (1). It is a very heterogeneous condition, with to be an autosomal recessive segregation. There is only one many different causes. In a recent review, Grossmann & Scher case to our knowledge ...

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