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MURRY M. ROBINSON, M.D.; FRED D. WEIDMAN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1948;57(3 PART I):328-331.

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FEW CASES of the rare disease dystrophia unguium mediana canaliformis have been reported. It was first described by Heller in 1928,¹ who gave it its name. Since then, Wucherpfennig,² Ledo,³ Pardo-Castello,⁴ Costa⁵ and Fowle and Wiggall⁶ have presented similar cases. The disease is characterized clinically by a canal which runs the length of the nail, from the root to the free edge where it becomes fissured. Thus far, the causative agent has not been determined.

Treatment has had varying results. The disease in Ledo's case responded to roentgen rays; in Pardo-Castello's and in Costa's, it did not. Fowle and Wiggall reported that the disease in their case cleared completely in a year and a half after three carious teeth were extracted.

This case is reported largely because it is a dermatologic rarity and because it demonstrates the clinical symptoms in such a classic form. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
WASHINGTON, D. C.; PHILADELPHIA

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