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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan 31:58:25-28.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2024.12.039. eCollection 2025 Apr.

Nail lichen planus associated with imatinib mesylate

Eden Axler  1 , Eric Loesch  2 , Toral Vaidya  1 , Zachary Neubauer  1 , Shari R Lipner  1
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Case Reports

Nail lichen planus associated with imatinib mesylate

Eden Axler et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: imatinib mesylate; lichenoid drug reaction; nail changes; nail lichen planus; nails.

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A and B, A 75-year-old male with nail lichen planus secondary to imatinib use. Fingernails atrophic with pterygium on 7/10 fingernails, sparing the right thumbnail and left fourth and fifth fingernails. On dermoscopy, severe nail plate thinning and atrophy is apparent.
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