ABSTRACT
Transverse white nail bands (leukonychia) have been described in association with systemic illnesses and exposure to toxins, and medications. We describe the occurrence of transverse nail bands in two patients following acute systemic illnesses. In the first case, transverse white nail bands developed in a 30-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-positive man following acute pulmonary tuberculosis. In the second case, transverse white nail bands were noted in an 80-year-old patient following Streptococcus intermedius empyema.
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Empyema, Pleural/complications , HIV Seropositivity/complications , Nail Diseases/etiology , Streptococcal Infections/complications , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/complications , Acute Disease , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Empyema, Pleural/drug therapy , Empyema, Pleural/microbiology , Humans , Male , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Nail Diseases/pathology , Pleural Effusion/microbiology , Sputum/microbiology , Streptococcal Infections/drug therapy , Streptococcal Infections/microbiology , Streptococcus/isolation & purification , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiologySubject(s)
Dermatomyositis/complications , Neoplasms/complications , Skin/pathology , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Dermatomyositis/pathology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , NecrosisABSTRACT
We describe a patient with chronic renal disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism who developed a lesion of granuloma annulare with evidence of calcium in the lesion. The lesion developed after an intravenous infusion of calcium gluconate.
