paronychia chartacea/hypersensitivity

Artificial acrylic nails may induce side effects such as fingertip dermatitis, periungual dermatitis, onycholysis, paresthesiae, Raynaud's phenomenon, ectopic facial involvement, and allergic contact dermatitis. We present a patient who developed allergic onycholysis from a cyanoacrylate used in a

BACKGROUND Chronic paronychia is a condition that is pathologically characterized by spongiotic inflammation; it can be exacerbated by various and concomitant factors. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess whether chronic paronychia in food handlers may have clinical, pathologic, and

OBJECTIVE Moderate and chronic paronychia is a common disease affecting the hand. Treatment can be effective but the affection is often recurrent, especially as an occupational disease. Moreover, this condition may be complicated by a Candida spp or by bacterial infections. Therefore, general

BACKGROUND Chronic paronychia, earlier considered to be an infection due to Candida, is currently being considered as a dermatitis of the nail fold. Irritant, allergic and protein contact dermatitis are the suggested major pathogenic mechanisms. Hypersensitivity to Candida is more likely to be the

Protein contact dermatitis (PCD) is a chronic recurrent dermatitis caused by contact with a proteinaceous material. PCD may also present as paronychia. Here a case of PCD and paronychia from natural rubber latex (NRL) is presented. The correct diagnosis would not have been established if prick