Korean J Dermatol.  1985 Apr;23(2):258-261.

Three Cases of Traumatic Nail Dystrophy

• Park CW
• Houh D
• Cho BK
• Bang SK

Abstract

We report 3 cases of traumatic nail dystrophy,, developed in 11 years old girl (Case 1), 10 years old(case 2) and 15 years old boys(case 3) Dystrophic nails show transverse ridging with longitudinal axis on the both thumb nails in case 1 R 3, and transverse ridging with transverse axis on the left thumb nail in case 2 Mothers overprotection(case 1, 3) and indifference(case 2) were considered to be of the most important causes of the nail biting and playing with nails in our cases.

Keyword

Nail dystrophy; Traumatic

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Axis, Cervical Vertebra
Child
Female
Humans
Mothers
Nail Biting
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