A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis

Pterygium inversum unguis (PIU) is a rare nail abnormality in which the distal nail bed adheres to the ventral surface of the nail plate, with obliteration of the distal groove. Because of the rarity of this condition, its exact origin is unknown. This disorder can be either congenital or acquired,...

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Main Authors:	Baek, Ji Hye, Kim, Hei Sung, Park, Young Min, Kim, Hyung Ok, Cho, Baik Kee, Lee, Jun Young
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069649/

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spelling	pubmed-40696492014-06-25 A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis Baek, Ji Hye Kim, Hei Sung Park, Young Min Kim, Hyung Ok Cho, Baik Kee Lee, Jun Young Case Report Pterygium inversum unguis (PIU) is a rare nail abnormality in which the distal nail bed adheres to the ventral surface of the nail plate, with obliteration of the distal groove. Because of the rarity of this condition, its exact origin is unknown. This disorder can be either congenital or acquired, with or without a family history. The acquired forms may be idiopathic or secondary to systemic connective tissue diseases or other causes such as stroke, neurofibromatosis, leprosy, or the use of nail fortifiers. We present an unusual case of acquired idiopathic PIU of the 10 fingernails in a 22-year-old man. Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2014-06 2014-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4069649/ /pubmed/24966638 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.3.374 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Baek, Ji Hye Kim, Hei Sung Park, Young Min Kim, Hyung Ok Cho, Baik Kee Lee, Jun Young
spellingShingle	Baek, Ji Hye Kim, Hei Sung Park, Young Min Kim, Hyung Ok Cho, Baik Kee Lee, Jun Young A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis
author_facet	Baek, Ji Hye Kim, Hei Sung Park, Young Min Kim, Hyung Ok Cho, Baik Kee Lee, Jun Young
author_sort	Baek, Ji Hye
title	A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis
title_short	A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis
title_full	A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis
title_fullStr	A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis
title_full_unstemmed	A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis
title_sort	case of acquired idiopathic pterygium inversum unguis
description	Pterygium inversum unguis (PIU) is a rare nail abnormality in which the distal nail bed adheres to the ventral surface of the nail plate, with obliteration of the distal groove. Because of the rarity of this condition, its exact origin is unknown. This disorder can be either congenital or acquired, with or without a family history. The acquired forms may be idiopathic or secondary to systemic connective tissue diseases or other causes such as stroke, neurofibromatosis, leprosy, or the use of nail fortifiers. We present an unusual case of acquired idiopathic PIU of the 10 fingernails in a 22-year-old man.
publisher	Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology
publishDate	2014
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069649/
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A Case of Acquired Idiopathic Pterygium Inversum Unguis

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