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Spontaneous Photo‐onycholysis
Author(s) -
Horio Takeshi
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1988.tb01206.x
Subject(s) - onycholysis , dermatology , medicine , paronychia
A 48‐year‐old house wife developed photo‐onycholysis in all her fingernails. It was not associated with any cutaneous eruption or photosensitivity on other parts of the skin. The patient was not taking any drugs. She has been followed up by the present author for the last 10 years. Every year, onycholysis has begun in May, worsened in July and August, and resolved spontaneously by the beginning of November. These observations strongly suggest the role of sunlight and exclude involvement of any photosensitizing drug in this disorder.