Nail is Systemic Disorders: Main Signs and Clues

Florence Dehavay; Bertrand Richert

doi:10.1016/j.det.2020.12.013

Nail is Systemic Disorders: Main Signs and Clues

Dermatol Clin. 2021 Apr;39(2):153-173. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2020.12.013.

Authors

Florence Dehavay¹, Bertrand Richert²

Affiliations

¹ Saint-Pierre, Brugmann and Queen Fabiola Children University Hospitals, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
² Saint-Pierre, Brugmann and Queen Fabiola Children University Hospitals, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Electronic address: Bertrand.richert@chu-brugmann.be.

PMID: 33745630
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2020.12.013

Abstract

Describing and listing all nail symptoms and signs in systemic disorders has already been widely detailed in dedicated textbooks. To be tutorial, this article described most common nails signs and the systemic disorders one may encounter in routine dermatologic consultation. Capsule summaries are presented for each section.

Keywords: Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica; Clubbing; Connective tissue diseases; Lupus; Nails; Scleroderma; Systemic diseases; Yellow nail syndrome.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Nail Diseases* / diagnosis
Nail Diseases* / etiology
Nails*