What Is A Horn Toe Nail?

Medical condition

Onychogryposis
Other names	Onychogryposis or Ram's horn nails[one]
Specialty	Dermatology

Onychogryphosis is a hypertrophy that may produce nails resembling claws or a ram'southward horn.

Causes [edit]

Onychogryphosis demonstrating the feature ram'southward horn appearance

Ram'due south horn toenails on a bedridden patient

Onychogryphosis may be caused past trauma or peripheral vascular illness, but nearly often secondary to cocky-fail and failure to cut the nails for extended periods of fourth dimension.^{[two] : 783–four [3]} This condition is most usually seen in the elderly.

Diagnosis [edit]

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Treatment [edit]

Some recommend avulsion of the nail plate with surgical devastation of the nail matrix with phenol or the carbon dioxide laser, if the claret supply is acceptable.^{[ii] : 783–4 [4] : 659}

Epidemiology [edit]

Severe built onychogryphosis affecting all xx nailbeds has been recorded in ii families who exhibit the ascendant allele for a certain factor.^{[5] [six]} Congenital onychogryphosis of the 5th toe (the babe, niggling, pinky or small toe) is fairly common, simply asymptomatic and seldom brought to the attention of medical professionals. Rather, information technology is brought to the attention of manicurists who routinely file the clawed toenail apartment.

See as well [edit]

• List of cutaneous weather condition

References [edit]

1. ^ Tosti, A; Piraccini, BM (2008). "Affiliate seventy – Nail Disorders". In Bolognia, JL; Jorizzo, JL; Rapini, RP (eds.). Dermatology. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier. ISBN978-1-4160-2999-ane.
2. ^ ^{a b} James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
3. ^ Ram's horn nails, Dr Nicola Mumoli (cardiologist) - Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile Livorno, Livorno, Italian republic, reported in Medical Periodical of Australia, MJA 2011; 195 (4): 202, 15 August 2011, accessed i September 2011
4. ^ Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick'south Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138076-0.
5. ^ Sequeira JH (1923). "Instance of Congenital Onychogryphosis". Proc. R. Soc. Med. 16 (Dermatol Sect): 92. PMC2103814. PMID 19982897.
6. ^ Porteus HB (1954). "A case of onychogryphosis". Br Med J. 2 (4892): 851–2. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4892.851. PMC2079501. PMID 13199328.

External links [edit]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychogryphosis

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