Nailing the Diagnosis!
Physical examination plays a crucial role in patient evaluation by confirming the hypotheses during history taking, suggesting new clues, and directing investigations. We describe how the recognition...
View ArticleTerry’s Nails: A Window to Systemic Diseases
Despite the enormous involvement of imaging tools in medicine, a focused physical examination still plays a pivotal role in all medical fields. During and after taking history, a detailed inspection...
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Azure lunula, blue discoloration of nails. Currently, patients are increasingly gaining access to medications and nutritional supplements via the Internet from companies that are not subject to any...
View ArticleTransverse Lines of the Nails
Transverse lines of the fingernails. (A) Beau’s lines (arrows) of the thumbnail. (B) Mees’ lines (arrowheads) of the thumbnail. Four distinct, transverse, depressed lines (Figure, A) developed on the...
View ArticleSilver-Containing Wound Cream Leading to Argyria—Always Ask About Alternative...
Currently, patients are increasingly gaining access to medications and nutritional supplements via the Internet from companies that are not subject to any regulations that protect consumers, such as US...
View ArticleTransverse Lines of the Nails
Four distinct, transverse, depressed lines (Figure, A) developed on the fingernails of a 73-year-old man with castration-resistant prostate cancer after 4 cycles of docetaxel-based chemotherapy; the...
View ArticlePoint-of-Care Ultrasound for the Assessment of Digital Clubbing
Digital clubbing, a resultant finding from the proliferation of connective tissue in the terminal portion of fingers or toes, has long been recognized as a sign for a number of underlying infectious,...
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