koilonychia (spoon nails)
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Etiology
- iron deficiency anemia
- Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Raynaud's syndrome
- hemochromatosis
- chronic occupational injury
- chemical or physical trauma
- diabetes mellitus[6]
- systemic lupus erythematosus[6]
- protein deficiency[6]
- idiopathic inherited autosomal dominant disorder
Clinical manifestations
- concave or spoon-shaped nails resulting from softening & thinning of the nail plate
More general terms
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References
- ↑ Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Common & Serious Diseases, 3rd ed, Fitzpatrick et al, McGraw Hill, NY, 1997, pg 502
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sattur AP, Goyal M Images in clinical medicine. Koilonychia N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 29;362(17):e59 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20427806 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm0910534
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ghaffari S, Pourafkar L Koilonychia in Iron-Deficiency Anemia. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:e13. Aug 30, 2018 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30157401 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1802104
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Family Practice Notebook: Koilonychia (images) http://www.fpnotebook.com/derm/Nails/Klnych.htm
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Brady MP Fingernail and Toenail Abnormalities: Nail the Diagnosis. Medscape March 17, 2021 https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/fingernail-abnormalities-6002456