TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient, transverse melanonychia associated with graves disease and acute hepatitis
AU - Accordino, Robert E.
AU - Langs-Barlow, Allison
AU - Phelps, Robert G.
AU - Hammond, Blair
AU - Mercer, Stephen E.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Melanonychia is a black, tan, or brown streak within the nail plate subsequent to activation of melanocytes in the nail matrix. We present a case of a Haitian girl who presented with transverse melanonychia involving all 10 fingernails in the setting of hyperthyroidism and acute liver injury. Melanonychia has been described only one time in the literature in the setting of hyperthyroidism though this patient also underwent radium treatment which could have led to nail changes.
AB - Melanonychia is a black, tan, or brown streak within the nail plate subsequent to activation of melanocytes in the nail matrix. We present a case of a Haitian girl who presented with transverse melanonychia involving all 10 fingernails in the setting of hyperthyroidism and acute liver injury. Melanonychia has been described only one time in the literature in the setting of hyperthyroidism though this patient also underwent radium treatment which could have led to nail changes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859105852&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01574.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01574.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22044342
AN - SCOPUS:84859105852
SN - 0736-8046
VL - 29
SP - 220
EP - 222
JO - Pediatric Dermatology
JF - Pediatric Dermatology
IS - 2
ER -