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blue nails
Etiology:
1) pharmaceuticals
a) antimalarial drugs
b) minocycline
c) 5-fluorouracil
d) azidothymidine
2) hemochromatosis
3) Wilson's disease
4) ochronosis
5) exposure to silver nitrate (argyria)
Clinical manifestations:
- blue lunulae
General
nail disease
sign/symptom
References
- Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Common
& Serious Diseases, 3rd ed, Fitzpatrick et al, McGraw Hill, NY,
1997, pg 498
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018