Blue nails
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Medical condition
| Azure lunula |
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Blue nails, or more formally azure lunula, are characterized by a blue discoloration of the
hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease), also having been reported in hemoglobin M disease and hereditary acrolabial telangiectases.[1]
In Wilson's disease the blue color involves the lunula (most intense pigmentation) and fades proximally. In argyria, the nail is permanently pigmented a slate-blue color and is most evident in the lunula. Minocycline can also turn the nail plate blue-gray.[2]
See also
- Nail anatomy
- Nail diseases
- Wilson's disease
References
- ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- PMID 16798431.
External links
| Classification |
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Sweat
glands
glands
| Eccrine |
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| Apocrine | |
| Sebaceous |