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Transverse Nail Ridges: Horizontal lines which are a marker of a past episode of severe illness
Photo
Transverse Nail ... severe illness Photo ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... #FingerNails #Ridges ... #UCSDH #PhysicalExam
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... test itself involves ... and flicking the fingernail ... are not useful signs ... #PhysicalExam
Mees' Lines
Transverse while lines (usually one per nail, no depressions) that often can will disappear if
Mees' Lines Transverse ... #Mees #Lines #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Photo ... #Sign #Arsenic #
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
The Hoffmann's reflex ... test itself involves ... and flicking the fingernail ... #Reflex #Positive ... video #neurology #physicalexam
Muehrcke's Lines (Leukonychia striata)
Narrow while transverse lines (Not depressed, compared to Beau's lines). Usually 2 or
Narrow while transverse ... Leukonychia #striata #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Photo ... #Sign
Transverse lines of the fingernails. (A) Beau’s lines (arrows) of the thumbnail. (B) Mees’ lines (arrowheads)
of the fingernails ... are a typical sign ... #FingerNails #Ridges ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Photo
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 ... #Beaus #Lines #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Photo ... #Sign
Hoffmann's sign was originally described as follows: the test is performed by supporting the patient's hand
Hoffmann's sign ... as follows: the test ... the examiner's fingernail ... #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #Reflex
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Seen in arsenic ... #FingerNails #Nail ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Signs ... #PhysicalExam # ... GrepMed Recommended Text