Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosis
Onychocryptosis is a frequent nail disease, which most commonly affects the toes. It has some variants, including the little known "Harpoon Nail". The diagnosis is usually clinical, and the treatment is surgical, with different techniques described in th...
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| author | Andréa Abê Pereira Jéssica Lüders Bueno Raquel Kupske Leonardo Albarello Renan Minotto |
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| description | Onychocryptosis is a frequent nail disease, which most commonly affects the toes.
It has some variants, including the little known "Harpoon Nail". The
diagnosis is usually clinical, and the treatment is surgical, with different
techniques described in the literature. We report the case of a 25-year-old man
with a harpoon nail on the left hallux and the surgical method used for
treatment with excellent results |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed310a6bdf9048018f2200e0e42f49072023-02-02T19:25:29ZengSociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia (SBD)Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology1984-87732022-12-011410.5935/scd1984-8773.20221400107Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosisAndréa Abê Pereira0Jéssica Lüders Bueno1Raquel Kupske2Leonardo Albarello3Renan Minotto4Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Department of Dermatology, Porto Alegre (RS), BrazilUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Department of Dermatology, Porto Alegre (RS), BrazilUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Department of Dermatology, Porto Alegre (RS), BrazilSanta Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Department of Dermatology, Porto Alegre (RS), BrazilSanta Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Department of Dermatology, Porto Alegre (RS), BrazilOnychocryptosis is a frequent nail disease, which most commonly affects the toes. It has some variants, including the little known "Harpoon Nail". The diagnosis is usually clinical, and the treatment is surgical, with different techniques described in the literature. We report the case of a 25-year-old man with a harpoon nail on the left hallux and the surgical method used for treatment with excellent resultshttp://www.surgicalcosmetic.org.br/Content/imagebank/pdf/v14/en_v14a107.pdfnail diseasesnails ingrownhallux |
| spellingShingle | Andréa Abê Pereira Jéssica Lüders Bueno Raquel Kupske Leonardo Albarello Renan Minotto Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosis Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology nail diseases nails ingrown hallux |
| title | Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosis |
| title_full | Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosis |
| title_fullStr | Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosis |
| title_short | Harpoon nail: an unusual form of onychocryptosis |
| title_sort | harpoon nail an unusual form of onychocryptosis |
| topic | nail diseases nails ingrown hallux |
| url | http://www.surgicalcosmetic.org.br/Content/imagebank/pdf/v14/en_v14a107.pdf |
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