Open AccessIdiopathic total leukonychia involving fingernails: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Gnaneshwar Rao Angoori,
Divya Koppada
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archives of medicine and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6085
pISSN - 2321-4848
DOI - 10.4103/2321-4848.171934
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , dermatology , nail (fastener) , nail disease , disease , pathology , psoriasis , materials science , metallurgy
Total leukonychia is a rare nail disorder that may be inherited or associated with systemic disease or idiopathic where the aetiology cannot be established. Herein, we report idiopathic total leukonychia in two young healthy men, presenting with leukonychia of fingernails since childhood. The cause for leukonychia could not be established in both of them as there was negative family and drug history and there was no evidence of systemic disease