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Transverse lines of the fingernails. (A) Beau’s lines (arrows) of the thumbnail. (B) Mees’ lines (arrowheads)
Transverse lines ... of the fingernails ... are a typical sign ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Photo
Transverse Nail Ridges: Horizontal lines which are a marker of a past episode of severe illness
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Transverse Nail ... Ridges: Horizontal lines ... severe illness Photo ... credit, Josh Fierer ... #Transverse #FingerNails
Muehrcke's Lines (Leukonychia striata)
Narrow while transverse lines (Not depressed, compared to Beau's lines). Usually 2 or
Narrow while transverse ... on one nail. ... Leukonychia #striata #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign
Physical Exam - Quincke’s Pulse

The tips of the patient’s index finger and thumb as well as
patient’s index finger ... as well as the nail ... PhysicalExam #Video #Fingernails ... #Signs #Cardiology ... #Clinical
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Clinically ... Transverse White ... #FingerNails #Nail ... Pathology #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Signs #PhysicalExam
Mees' Lines
Transverse while lines (usually one per nail, no depressions) that often can will disappear if
Mees' Lines Transverse ... one per nail, no ... #Mees #Lines #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign #Arsenic
Lindsay's Nails (Half-and-half Nails)
Distal brown transverse band seen in kidney disease. Caused by increased pigment deposition.

#Lindsays
Distal brown transverse ... #Lindsays #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #HalfAndHalf ... #Sign
Beau's Lines

Transverse depressed ridges seen in severe infection, MI, hypotension/shock, hypocalcemia, post-surgical, malnutrition and with certain
Beau's Lines ... Transverse depressed ... #Beaus #Lines #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign
If you haven't seen it, flecainide can cause significant yellowing of the skin and eyes.
just part of the finger ... cutaneous #yellowing #fingernails ... #sideeffects #clinical ... #photo #nails # ... cardiology #dermatology
Quitter's Nail
Nicotine stained distally, but not proximally with clear line of demarcation. May also appear when
Quitter's Nail ... proximally with clear line ... #Quitters #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign #Nicotine