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Mees' lines

Mees' lines or Aldrich–Mees lines , also called leukonychia striata , are white lines of discoloration across the nails of the fingers and toes . [ 1 ] Presentation They are typ...

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Mees' lines or Aldrich–Mees lines, also called leukonychia striata, are white lines of discoloration across the nails of the fingers and toes.[1]

Presentation

They are typically white bands traversing the width of the nail. As the nail grows they move towards the end, and finally disappear when trimmed.

Causes

Mees' lines can look similar to injury to the nail, which should not be confused with true Mees' lines.[1]

Mees' lines appear after an episode of poisoning with arsenic,[2]thallium or other heavy metals or selenium,[3] opioid MT-45, and can also appear if the subject is suffering from kidney failure.[4] They have been observed in chemotherapy patients.[5]

Eponym and history

Although the phenomenon is named after Dutch physician R. A. Mees, who described the abnormality in 1919,[6] earlier descriptions of the same abnormality were made by Englishman E. S. Reynolds in 1901[7] and by American C. J. Aldrich in 1904.[8]

See also

References

  1. 12"Mees' Lines: What It Is, Causes & Treatment". Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  2. ↑Hall AH (2002). "Chronic arsenic poisoning". Toxicol. Lett. 128 (1–3): 69–72. doi:10.1016/S0378-4274(01)00534-3. PMID 11869818.
  3. ↑"Selenium: A Trace Element with Real Potential". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Udayakumar P, Balasubramanian S, Ramalingam KS, Lakshmi C, Srinivas CR, Mathew AC (2006). "Manifestaciones cutáneas en pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica en hemodiálisis" (PDF) . Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology . 72 (2): 119– 25. doi : 10.4103/0378-6323.25636 . PMID 16707817 . 
  5. ↑ Huang, T.-C.; Chao, T.-Y. (14 de diciembre de 2009). "Líneas de Mees y líneas de Beau después de la quimioterapia" . Revista de la Asociación Médica Canadiense . 182 (3): E149. doi : 10.1503/cmaj.090501 . PMC 2826482. PMID 20008502 .  
  6. ↑ Mees RA (1919). "Een verschijnsel bij polineuritis arsenicosa". Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd (en holandés). 1 : 391–396 .
  7. ↑ Reynolds ES (1901). "Relato del brote epidémico de intoxicación por arsénico ocurrido en bebedores de cerveza en el norte de Inglaterra y los condados de Midland en 1900" . Lancet . 1 ( 4038): 166–70 . doi : 10.1016 / S0140-6736(01)81229-0 . PMC 2036791. PMID 20896969. S2CID 33969204 .   Reimpreso en Reynolds ES (1901). "Relato del brote epidémico de intoxicación por arsénico ocurrido en bebedores de cerveza en el norte de Inglaterra y los condados de Midland en 1900" . Med Chir Trans . 84 : 409–52 . PMC 2036791. PMID 20896969 .  
  8. ↑ Aldrich CJ (1904). "Leuconiquia estriada arsenicalis transversus, con informe de tres casos". Am J Med Sci . 127 (4): 702– 709. doi : 10.1097/00000441-190412740-00014 .