Arsiwala [1 ]
|
35 M
|
23 years
|
started with finger nails, slowly progressed to involve all finger nails
and great toe nails
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Leuconychia totalis of 10 fingernails and both great
toenails
|
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal cultures
|
Bakry et al [2] |
12 M |
5 years |
Gradually progressive |
No |
No |
No |
Leuconychia totalis of 10 fingernails |
|
Negative for both KoH and
fungal culture |
Bongiorno and Aricò [3]
|
34 M
|
23 years
|
simultaneous leuconychia partialis of fingers and
toenails, gradually progressed to leuconychia totalis
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
striata and total leukonychia of 20 nails, soft nails
|
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal cultures
|
Claudel et al [5]
|
12 M
|
11 years
|
leukonychia on 7 fingernails progressed to involve 8 fingernails and
single toenail over 1 year
|
uncle with
alopecia areata
|
Exercise induced asthma
|
Short course of prednisolone shortly before nail changes, albuterol
inhaler,
Leuconychia persisted although asthma
resolved and treatment was stopped
|
total leukonychia 8 fingernails
and 1 toenail, occasional pits
|
globular
collections of large immature keratohyalin granules
|
|
D’Souza et al [6]
|
10 M
|
4 years
|
leukonychia partialis to striata and totalis, complete resolution after
7 months of zinc and
amino acid supplementation
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Leukonychia totalis and striata on fingernails, with leukonychia
partialis in both thumbnails
|
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal cultures
|
Das et al [7 ] |
14 M |
5 years |
|
No |
No |
No |
Leuonychia
totalis of 10 fingernails |
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal
culture |
Dlova and Tosti [8 ]
|
20 M
|
12 years
|
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Leuonychia totalis of 10 fingernails
|
marked parakeratosis within the
nail plate
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal culture
|
Eller and Anderson[9 ] |
15 M |
14 year |
|
No |
No |
No |
Leuonychia totalis of 10 fingernails |
|
|
Kim et al [10 ]
|
19 M
|
19 years
|
Rapidly progressive (1 month) , central white spots on toenails that
progressed to almost total nail whitening.
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Leuconychia totalis & partialis of 10 toenails
|
sparse parakeratosis with globular collection of keratohyalin
granules
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal culture
|
Park et al [11 ]
|
26 M
|
13 years
|
progressed slowly from Leuconychia Partialis to totalis
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Leuconychia Partialis & totalis of 9 fingernails except left
thumb
|
globular collection of large, immature
keratohyalin granules
|
|
Stewart et al [12 ]
|
23 M
|
17 years
|
slowly progressive from Leuconychia Partialis to totalis
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Leuconychia Partialis & totalis of 10 fingernails and
second toenails
|
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal culture
|
Chang Nam Lee [13]
|
26 M
|
13 years
|
leukonychia partialis to totalis
|
No
|
|
|
Leuconychia Partialis & totalis of 9 fingernails except left
thumb
|
globular collection of large immature keratohyaline granules
|
|
Neki NS [14] |
29 M |
20 years |
simultaneous and synchronous
whitening of all the finger and toe nails |
No |
No |
No |
Leukonychia
totalis of finger nails and partialis of toe nails |
|
Negative for both
KoH and fungal culture |
Freeman SC [15] |
17 M |
12 years |
horizontal bands on several
fingernails Gradually, more nails became involved, and some nails became
almost entirely white |
No |
No |
No |
Horizontal white bands on 9
fingernails |
nail plate showed parakeratosis, PAS negative |
Negative
for KoH |
Angoori GR [16]
|
30 M
|
Childhood
|
started in few nails and progressed to involve all
fingernails
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Total leukonychia of 10 fingernails
|
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal culture
|
|
32 M |
8 years |
|
|
Polymorphous light eruption |
|
|
|
|
Mathachan SR et al [17] |
20 M |
19 years |
progression from
partialis to totalis |
No |
No |
No |
Total leukonychia of fingernails
and partialis in toenails |
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal
culture |
|
18 M |
15 years |
progression from partialis to totalis |
|
|
|
Leuconychia totalis and partialis in all fingernails and toenails |
|
|
Verma S [18]
|
24 M
|
19 years
|
progressive from Leuconychia Partialis to totalis, fingernails to
toenails
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
total leuconychia of all finger nails and partial
to total leuconychia of all toenails
|
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal culture
|
Our case |
17 M |
14 years |
Gradual progession from partialis to
totalis |
No |
No |
No |
Leuconychia totalis and partialis in all
fingernails and toenails |
|
Negative for both KoH and fungal
culture |