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Chest Exam
NAIL CHANGES: Chart
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Health Care
Professional
02/05/2012

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Term
Azure lunula
Definition
Blue lunula [half moons]
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Beau’s line
Definition
Transverse ridges
Term
Clubbing
Definition
Curved nails with loss of Schmaroth‟s space
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Dark streaks
Definition
Hyperpigmented longitudinal streaks
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Dry brittle nails
Definition
Dull flaky nails that break easily
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Half and half nails
Definition
Proximal portion is white and the distal portion is brown
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Koilonychia
Definition
Spoon-shaped or concave nails
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Leukonychia
Definition
Irregular white streaks on some nails or completely white nails
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Mees’s lines
Definition
Transverse ridges in the nail
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Muehrcke’s lines
Definition
Paired white transverse lines on the nails
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Onycholysis
Definition
Nail becomes detached from nail bed creating a space between
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Pitting
Definition
Small shallow indentations in the nail
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Puffy nail fold
Definition
Soft red shiny swollen skin around the nail
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Splinter hemorrhage
Definition
Linear hemorrhages parallel to the long axis of nail
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Terry’s lines
Definition
Most of the nail is white and a narrow pink distal band
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Yellow nail syndrome
Definition
Slow growing thickened curved yellow nails
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