Disorders Techniques in Investigation and Diagnosis - part 6 doc

... half -and- half nail of Lindsay (Figure 7 .6) consists of two parts separated more or less transversely by a well-defined line. The proximal area is dull white, resembling ground glass and obscuring ... 351–3 56. Brosch T, Pressler S, Platt D. Age-associated changes in integral cholesterol and cholesterol sulfate concentrations in human scalp hair and fingernail clippings....

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... candidiasis is present in almost all patients (Figure 8.35). Diagnosis The diagnosis of Candida nail invasion is made by culturing nail scrapings in Sabouraud’s medium at 37°C. Isolated Candida ... suitable fastening—a foot in a shoe without adequate fastening suffers in that the foot is free to move unrestrained in the shoe and inevitably (as with high heels) it tends to...

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... g rowth Da y -time N i g h t -time Pre g nanc y First da y of life Minor trauma/nail bitin g Ri g h t -hand nails Lef t -hand nails Youth, increasin g a g e Old a g e Fingers Toes Summer Winter ... Clubbing. Figure 2.2 Clubbing, demonstrating typical nail curvature and obliteration of the ‘window’. Nail configuration abnormalities 11 A Text Atlas of Nail Disorders Tech...

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... lamellina affecting several finger nails. Figure 3.42 Onychoschizia and onychorrhexis due to systemic amyloidosis. has been reported in X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata and in polycythaemia ... especially in psoriasis. The accumulation of large amounts of serum-like exudate containing glycoprotein, in and under the affected nails, explains the colour change i...

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... thereby eliminating the distal groove. Scarring in the vicinity of the distal groove, causing it to be obliterated, P terygium is a wing-shaped scar and is always irreversible Nail plate and soft ... against the bed by a moderately tight bandage, helping the nail plate to readhere. If this p rocedure is not immediately practicable, the pain can be relieved by elevating the limb and...

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... obtained. Patients complain of tenderness and severe throbbing in the affected digit. Coexisting primary herpetic infections of the mouth and finger nails suggest auto-inoculation of the virus into ... the cyst to define the tract back to its site of origin. The incision line is drawn on the finger, including a portion of the skin directly over the cyst and continuing proximally in...

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... lateral lip and keratin-filled crater are characteristic. Suprabasal keratinocytes are large, rich in glycogen, and towards the horn- filled crater often contain keratohyalin granules. Staining for ... with hypertonic saline minimize the risk of infection and assist healing. H ypertrophy of the lateral lip Hypertrophic lateral nail fold usually accompanies long-standing ingrowing t...

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... Both A-mode and B- mode ultrasonographs dedicated to skin imaging have been developed as research and clinical tools, mainly for tumoral and inflammatory diseases. The role of M-mode, high- frequency ... are different in colou r from one another, and their thickness varies dramatically from one to another, as does the inter- b and spacing. In some areas the bands abruptly stop...

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... creams, ointments, tapes or quick- drying acrylate lacquers containing salicylic acid in concentrations ranging from 10% to 40%. • 1% clindamycin • quaternary ammonium derivatives • 4% quinine ... onycholysis causes 65 –7, 174 clinical picture 63 –4, 228 patterns of separation 63 in psoriasis 63 –4 of the toe nails 65 , 67 treatment 229 types 64 –5 onychomadesis 83, 86,...

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... gadolinium diethylene-triamine-penta-acetic acid (Gd-DTPA) en- hancement further increases the diagnostic accuracy from 89% to 96% . Overall sagittal and axial T1-weighted pre–Gd-DTPA and post–Gd-DTPA MRI ... hypointensity (dark) in T1-weighted images and hyper- intensity (white) in T2-weighted images Small artery thrombosis Systemic hyperten- sion, diabetes, poly- cythemia Fluctuat...

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