The patient was given a diagnosis of recurrent
onychocryptosis without paronychia.
To the Editor: Ingrown toenail, also known as
onychocryptosis or unguis incarnates, occurs when the periungual skin is punctured by its corresponding nail plate, resulting in a cascade of foreign body, inflammatory, infectious, and reparative processes.
Ingrown toenail, superficial cryotherapy,
onychocryptosis.
INTRODUCTION:
Onychocryptosis or In Growing Toe Nail (IGTN) is a common clinical problem.
At closer examination patient appeared to have
onychocryptosis in medial sulcus of the first toe.
Another common problem presented to podiatrists involve in-growing toe nail, which is known as
onychocryptosis.
s Ie d Dr Miriam says: The name for your painful condition is
onychocryptosis and your first step should be to go and see your doctor, who will be able to treat you.
Objectives : To determine the effectiveness of ablative partia l nail excision with phenolization in advanced stage
onychocryptosis (ingrown toe nail).
Additional lesions included in the differential diagnoses of SAFM are fibroma of tendon sheath, ingrown nail (
onychocryptosis), and cutaneous myxoma.
One such consequence, he points out, is an ingrown claw (otherwise known as
onychocryptosis), a condition in which an overgrown claw curls and cuts into an animal's paw pad.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND --
Onychocryptosis poses a particular risk to patients with rheumatoid arthritis being treated with biologics, so vigilance should be practiced in the foot care of these patients, reported Heidi J.