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Differential Diagnosis for Nail Psoriasis

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Nail involvement occurs in up to 50 % of patients with psoriasis. Although most patients experience concurrent skin involvement, 1–5 % of patients present with nail changes alone. In these patients, it can be diagnostically challenging, as psoriatic nail disease can resemble several other nail dystrophies.

In this chapter, we describe the differential diagnoses for each classic signs of nail psoriasis including pitting, onycholysis, subungual hyperkeratosis, splinter hemorrhages, and oil spots.

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Natalie C. Yin BS

  2. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Antonella Tosti MD

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

    Dimitris Rigopoulos

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    Antonella Tosti

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Yin, N.C., Tosti, A. (2014). Differential Diagnosis for Nail Psoriasis. In: Rigopoulos, D., Tosti, A. (eds) Nail Psoriasis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08810-5_11

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