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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan 19;12(1):e6703.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.6703.

Trachyonychia Secondary to Acitretin Usage

Taylor Thieman  1 , Dillon Clarey  1 , Richard A Johnson  2 , Ryan M Trowbridge  1
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Case Reports

Trachyonychia Secondary to Acitretin Usage

Taylor Thieman et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Trachyonychia is a disease of the nail matrix that most commonly presents with sandpaper-like roughness of the nails. Retinoids are known to cause several nail abnormalities, likely due to their anti-proliferative effects. Despite this, no cases have been previously reported on the association of acitretin (second-generation retinoid) with trachyonychia. We present a single case of trachyonychia associated with acitretin that subsided following medication cessation.

Keywords: acitretin; retinoids; trachyonychia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. The progression of rough trachyonychia of the bilateral hands after starting and stopping (day 159) acitretin.
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