5/30/2023 0 Comments Ungual word surgery![]() 18 Toenail, rather than fingernail, involvement is more common and, unlike other instances of onychomycosis, concurrent tinea pedis is rare. In fact, this rare form of onychomycosis was seldom encountered before AIDS became prevalent. Proximal white subungual onychomycosis (PWSO) has been described with increasing frequency in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Because it is infrequent, some authors believe that a preceding episode of trauma is a prerequisite for it to occur in immunocompetent patients. Subungual hyperkeratosis, onychomadesis, and eventual destruction and shedding of the entire nail plate may occur in advanced disease. As opposed to WSO, the nail plate is intact. The clinical result is a white discoloration under the proximal nail plate in the area of the lunula the distal nail unit remains normal. 18 The fungus initially invades the stratum corneum of the proximal nail fold and subsequently penetrates the newly formed nail plate. megninii have also been reported to cause the condition. 12.3), a rarely seen pattern that affects fingernails and toenails equally, is primarily caused by T. Jenny O Sobera, Boni E Elewski, in Nails (Third Edition), 2005 Proximal Subungual Onychomycosis (PSO)
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