TWENTY-NAIL-DYSTROPHY (TRACHYONYCHIA) CAUSED BY LICHEN-PLANUS IN A PATIENT WITH ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS AND ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS

Authors
TANIGUCHI S KUTSUNA H TANI Y KAWAHIRA K HAMADA T
Citation
S. Taniguchi et al., TWENTY-NAIL-DYSTROPHY (TRACHYONYCHIA) CAUSED BY LICHEN-PLANUS IN A PATIENT WITH ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS AND ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 33(5), 1995, pp. 903-905
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
903 - 905
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1995)33:5<903:T(CBLI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 7-year-old girl with alopecia universalis had dystrophy of all 20 na ils. A nail biopsy specimen disclosed features of lichen planus. The p atient also had ichthyosis vulgaris and hypogammaglobulinemia. We are not aware of any previous reports of these associations, which we beli eve to be noncoincidental.