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Transverse nail ridgings (Beau's lines) induced by chemotherapy
D Ben-Dayan1, M Mittelman, S Floru
1Department of Medicine B, Hasharon Hospital, Golda Medical Center, Petah-Tiqva, Israel.
Acta Haematologica
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Transverse grooves of the nails, designated as Beau's lines, were observed in a patient with malignant lymphoma given chemotherapy. Beau's lines disappeared in the treatment-free intervals. This observation supports the concept that these lines are the result of the suppressed growth of the nail matrix caused by antimitotic drugs.