Onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection

Onychoptosis is the periodic shedding and falling of one or more nails, in whole or part. It can be seen after fever, trauma, adverse reaction to medications, and in systemic illnesses including syphilis (syphilitic onychia). We report a case of 38-year-old man presented with subacute bilateral retr...

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Autores principales:	Ahmad A Al-Awwad, Omar Abdelmaksoud, Abdulmawla Albirini
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020
Materias:	neurosyphilis onychoptosis syphilis syphilitic onychia Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2d4ca45b1b684124b045a675ae45df112021-12-02T19:01:54ZOnychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection2231-07702249-446410.4103/ajm.ajm_215_19https://doaj.org/article/2d4ca45b1b684124b045a675ae45df112020-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.ajm_215_19https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Onychoptosis is the periodic shedding and falling of one or more nails, in whole or part. It can be seen after fever, trauma, adverse reaction to medications, and in systemic illnesses including syphilis (syphilitic onychia). We report a case of 38-year-old man presented with subacute bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis. Physical examination revealed diffuse onychoptosis which lead into the diagnosis of neurosyphilis. Symptoms significantly improved with appropriate treatment with intravenous penicillin G for 14 days.Ahmad A Al-AwwadOmar AbdelmaksoudAbdulmawla AlbiriniThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articleneurosyphilisonychoptosissyphilissyphilitic onychiaMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 03, Pp 122-124 (2020)
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description	Onychoptosis is the periodic shedding and falling of one or more nails, in whole or part. It can be seen after fever, trauma, adverse reaction to medications, and in systemic illnesses including syphilis (syphilitic onychia). We report a case of 38-year-old man presented with subacute bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis. Physical examination revealed diffuse onychoptosis which lead into the diagnosis of neurosyphilis. Symptoms significantly improved with appropriate treatment with intravenous penicillin G for 14 days.
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author	Ahmad A Al-Awwad Omar Abdelmaksoud Abdulmawla Albirini
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title	Onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection
title_short	Onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection
title_full	Onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection
title_fullStr	Onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection
title_full_unstemmed	Onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection
title_sort	onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2020
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Onychoptosis: a forgotten sign in syphilis infection

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