Nail in Differential Diagnosis

Baran, Robert; Haneke, Eckart

• 1. Pits, rough nails, and other surface alterations.  2. Severe nail dystrophy, hyponychia and anonychia, and alterations of nail shape.  3. Subungual hyperkeratosis.  4. Onycholysis.  5. Paronychia and pyogenic granuloma.  6. Nail discoloration.  7. Acro-osteolysis.  8. Dual pathology: onychomycosis and psoriasis.  9. The painful nail.  10. Tumors and swellings: lumps and bumps in the nail area.

'Inspection of nails is an obligatory part of the dermatological examination, and much can be learned from nail pathology. This book is a text atlas with a comprehensive collection of 419 clinical photographs and 25 tables [...] This book will be of interest to departments of dermatology with educational commitments and dermatologists with a special interest in this fascinating adnexal structure of obvious functional and cosmetic importance.' - Flemming Bandrup, Acta Dermato-Venereologica (Vol 87: 285) July 2007