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Twenty‐nail dystrophy of childhood—two cases in one family
Author(s) -
MENNI S.,
PICCINNO R.,
SALA F.,
CROSTI C.,
DALPOZZO V.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1984.tb00866.x
Subject(s) - medicine , humanities , library science , pediatrics , art , computer science
Summary Two siblings suffering from the so‐called twenty‐nail dystrophy are described. This syndrome is characterized by the appearance in early childhood of changes affecting all the nails: moderate koilonychia, marked accentuation of longtitudinal ridges and loss of lustre of the nail plates. These two cases, the first reported in the same family, confirm that the twenty‐nail syndrome is a clinical entity which can be differentiated from other diseases involving all twenty nail plates.