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
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.