...Chander Grover; Bharti Aggarwal; Subhojit Ray Introduction: Trachyonychia is a clinical presentation characterised by dry, rough, longitudinally ridged nails or opalescent shiny nail plates with pits. Intramatricial steroids are an accepted form of therapy, but efficacy data are lacking. Materials...

.... Children Newborns Toddlers Koilonychia Trachyonychia Congenital disorders The occurrence of nail diseases in infants and children is uncommon. Ethnic, socioeconomic, and environmental factors influence their incidence. Most publications regarding nail diseases refer to single cases of rare...

...Jessica S. Haber; Manasmon Chairatchaneeboon; Adam I. Rubin Trachyonychia is a disorder of the nail unit that most commonly presents with rough, longitudinally ridged nails (opaque trachyonychia) or less frequently, uniform, opalescent nails with pits (shiny trachyonychia). The term trachyonychia...

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...Audrey A. Jacobsen; Antonella Tosti Background/Aims: The term trachyonychia, also known as twenty-nail dystrophy, is used to describe thin, brittle nails with excessive longitudinal ridging. The term twenty-nail dystrophy has been incorrectly applied to other conditions that can affect all twenty...