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Transverse lines of the fingernails. (A) Beau’s lines (arrows) of the thumbnail. (B) Mees’ lines (arrowheads)
of the fingernails ... are a typical sign ... BeausLines #Transverse #FingerNails ... #Ridges #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Photo
Hoffmann's sign was originally described as follows: the test is performed by supporting the patient's hand
Hoffmann's sign ... the examiner's fingernail ... #Clinical #Video ... #Hoffmanns #Sign ... PhysicalExam #Neurology
Terry's Nails

Proximal paleness extending halfway up the nail, often eliminating the lunula. Darker distal band. Seen
Terry's Nails ... advanced age, liver disease ... #Terrys #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign
Muehrcke's Lines (Leukonychia striata)
Narrow while transverse lines (Not depressed, compared to Beau's lines). Usually 2 or
Muehrcke's Lines ... on one nail. ... Leukonychia #striata #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
the Fingers Clinically ... hyperthyroidism, peripheral ischemia ... #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
seen in kidney disease ... #Lindsays #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #HalfAndHalf ... #Sign
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
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... retinal tears, Ischemia ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
, with ensuing ischemia ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... vagina, fingers, nails ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management