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A Rare Case of Congenital, Sporadic, True Leukonychia Totalis


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1 Department of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and Associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa, M.P, India
2 Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, M.P, India
3 Department of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa, M.P, India
     

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We report a rare case of a 40 year old patient with sporadic, congenital, true, leukonychia totalis, not associated with any clinical syndromes or any systemic disease. This is the third case to be reported in literature.
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Authors

Satish Ramteke
Department of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and Associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa, M.P, India
Sharmila Ramteke
Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, M.P, India
Saurabh Nagar
Department of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa, M.P, India
Mahendra Kumar Jain
Department of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and Associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa, M.P, India

Abstract


We report a rare case of a 40 year old patient with sporadic, congenital, true, leukonychia totalis, not associated with any clinical syndromes or any systemic disease. This is the third case to be reported in literature.

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