TY - JOUR
T1 - Half and half nail or Lindsay’s nail
T2 - An overlooked physical finding in chronic kidney disease
AU - Madhyastha, Sharath
AU - Gopalaswamy, Vinaya
AU - Acharya, Raviraj
AU - Bekur, Ragini
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - A 62-year-old diabetic patient came to the outpatient department due to increasing tiredness in the past few months. On examination, his distal half of fingernails revealed pinkish red transverse band which is sharply demarcated by a dull white band proximally, consistent with half and half nail. Further evaluation showed evidence of chronic kidney disease due to long standing poorly controlled diabetes. Although half and half nail is seen in many conditions, it is relatively a specific clinical marker of end stage kidney disease and hence serves as an important diagnostic clue.
AB - A 62-year-old diabetic patient came to the outpatient department due to increasing tiredness in the past few months. On examination, his distal half of fingernails revealed pinkish red transverse band which is sharply demarcated by a dull white band proximally, consistent with half and half nail. Further evaluation showed evidence of chronic kidney disease due to long standing poorly controlled diabetes. Although half and half nail is seen in many conditions, it is relatively a specific clinical marker of end stage kidney disease and hence serves as an important diagnostic clue.
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U2 - 10.4066/AMJ.2016.2653
DO - 10.4066/AMJ.2016.2653
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84977474444
SN - 1836-1935
VL - 9
SP - 194
EP - 196
JO - Australasian Medical Journal
JF - Australasian Medical Journal
IS - 6
ER -
