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Reversal of nail changes after liver transplantation in a child

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We report a 6-year-old girl who received a left-lobe live-related liver transplant for decompensated liver disease after a failed Kasai’s surgery for biliary atresia. Preoperatively, her nails were white, dystrophic, brittle with severe onycholysis, clubbing and watch-glass deformities. Nail scrapings were negative for fungus. Five months after transplantation, her nails had become near normal. There is only one such documented case in literature on reversal of nail changes in an adult.

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  1. Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 026, India

    Vidhyachandra Gandhi & Sujith Philip

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 026, India

    Aabha Nagral

  3. Department of Dermatology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 026, India

    Ram H. Malkani & Rujuta Pimputkar

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Gandhi, V., Nagral, A., Philip, S. et al. Reversal of nail changes after liver transplantation in a child. Indian J Gastroenterol 28, 154–156 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-009-0054-8

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