B. Schubert, J. J. Minard, R. Baran, J. L. Verret and L. Schnitzler
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ABSTRACT
Particular
nail damage appeared in patients working on mushroom beds.
In five
cases, all similar, the recent use of plastic bags containing
the growing medium, seems to be the origin of this onychopathy.
Onycholysis with latero-distal "usure des ongles", koilonychia,
longitudinal splitting with sometimes splinter haemorrhages
are the most specific changes.
Chemical
damage by phytosanitary products or fungi infection have no
significant part in these abnormalities; their cause is traumatic,
representing occupational stigmata mark, and results from
repeated rubbing of the nails in workers lifting up heavy
plastic bags.
JOURNAL AND
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
JOURNAL:
Ann Dermatol Venereol. 1977; 104(10): 627-630.
Note:
Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie.
NLOM ID#:
78143119
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