Pterygium Inversum Unguis-like Changes in Scleroderma

1 October 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology

Vol. 113 (10) , 1429-1430
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1977.01640100107021

Abstract

† During an 18-month period, four patients with scleroderma were found to have nail findings suggestive of pterygium inversum unguis, a recently described condition. In the same time period, two other examples of the disorder were seen. Pterygium inversum unguis-like change may represent an additional nail sign in scleroderma. There are possible mechanisms for its development in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon, connective tissue diseases, or peripheral vascular disease. (Arch Dermatol113:1429-1430, 1977)

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Archives of Dermatology, 1974