ARTHRITIS-NAIL CHANGES

SUMMARY

1. Psoriatic nails: pitting, ridging, onycholysis, discoloration, hyperkeratosis.

2. Vasculitic changes: black to brown, 1-2mm lesions due to skin infarction.

3. SLE, IE: splinter haemorrhages (in the nail beds).

4. Periungal telangiectasias: SLE, scleroderma, dermatomyositis.

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