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Transverse lines of the fingernails. (A) Beau’s lines (arrows) of the thumbnail. (B) Mees’ lines (arrowheads)
lines of the nails ... are a typical sign ... FingerNails #Ridges #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam # ... Photo
Terry's Nails

Proximal paleness extending halfway up the nail, often eliminating the lunula. Darker distal band. Seen
Terry's Nails ... halfway up the nail ... advanced age, liver ... #Clinical #Photo ... #Sign
Mees' Lines
Transverse while lines (usually one per nail, no depressions) that often can will disappear if
Mees' Lines Transverse ... one per nail, no ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Photo ... #Sign #Arsenic #
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
the Fingers Clinically ... Seen in liver disease ... Seen in arsenic ... #Signs #PhysicalExam ... #Atlas #Beaus #
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. ... #Fingernails #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Photo ... #Sign
Transverse Nail Ridges: Horizontal lines which are a marker of a past episode of severe illness
Photo
Transverse Nail ... Ridges: Horizontal lines ... severe illness Photo ... Images #Clinical ... Ridges #UCSDH #PhysicalExam
Lindsay's Nails (Half-and-half Nails)
Distal brown transverse band seen in kidney disease. Caused by increased pigment deposition.

#Lindsays
Lindsay's Nails ... (Half-and-half Nails ... Distal brown transverse ... #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 ... #Fingernails #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Photo ... #Sign #Nicotine
Terry's Nails

Patient of about 70 years, HIV positive, transplanted kidney donor cadaver in the previous 6
Terry's Nails ... in addition to signs ... studied) with liver ... #Terrys #Nails # ... #Clinical #Photo