Teaching File: Paronychia (chronic)

Diagnosis: Teaching File: Paronychia (chronic)

Nail folds are swollen, erythematous, tender and lifted off the nail plate.

Clinical Presentation

Nail folds are swollen, erythematous, tender and lifted off the nail plate.

Clinical History

Submitted by Alaa Saad. Originally posted December 18, 2010.

Treatment

See case discussion.

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