Abstract
Parakeratosis pustulosa occurs most often on the upper extremities of girls and that is considered to be a variant of either eczema or psoriasis. It presents with scaling of the tip of the finger, subungual hyperkeratosis, and irregular thickening and crumbling of the distal nail plate. We report a 4-year-old female child patient, who showed spontaneous nail excretion with erythematous scaly patch with pustule formation on the left thumb, ring finger and right middle finger nails. The microbiologic and mycologic examinations revealed negative results. Histopathologic examination showed focal parakeratosis of the nail bed and the lower part of the nail plate. We treated her with etretinate (Tigason®, 0.6mg/kg/day).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 701-704 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Korean Journal of Dermatology |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - 1992 |