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. 2018 Aug;18(3):e411-e412.
doi: 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.029. Epub 2018 Dec 19.

Chronic Discoid Lupus: An uncommon cause of nail atrophy

Francisco J Navarro-Triviño  1 , Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde  2
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Chronic Discoid Lupus: An uncommon cause of nail atrophy

Francisco J Navarro-Triviño et al. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2018 Aug.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Photograph of the fourth fingernail of the left hand of a 45 year-old woman with discoid lupus erythematosus and Sjögren syndrome showing atrophic changes and whitish cuticles.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Capillaroscopy images of the fingernail of a 45 year-old woman with discoid lupus erythematosus and Sjögren syndrome showing (A) dystrophic tent-shaped changes in the nail (arrow) as well as distal onycholysis associated with fine superficial desquamation and pointed vessels in the hyponychium (arrowhead) and (B) white avascular areas (arrow) and elongated tortuous capillaries (arrowhead) in the eponychium.
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