Reversal of nail changes after liver transplantation in a child

We report a 6-year-old girl who received a left-lobe live-related liver transplant for decompensated liver disease after a failed Kasai’s surgery for biliary atresia. Preoperatively, her nails were white, dystrophic, brittle with severe onycholysis, clubbing and watch-glass deformities. Nail scrapin...

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Published in:Indian journal of gastroenterology 2009-07, Vol.28 (4), p.154-156
Main Authors: Gandhi, Vidhyachandra, Nagral, Aabha, Philip, Sujith, Malkani, Ram H., Pimputkar, Rujuta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biliary Atresia - complications
Biliary Atresia - surgery
Case Report
Child
Female
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Humans
Liver Transplantation
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nail Diseases
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:We report a 6-year-old girl who received a left-lobe live-related liver transplant for decompensated liver disease after a failed Kasai’s surgery for biliary atresia. Preoperatively, her nails were white, dystrophic, brittle with severe onycholysis, clubbing and watch-glass deformities. Nail scrapings were negative for fungus. Five months after transplantation, her nails had become near normal. There is only one such documented case in literature on reversal of nail changes in an adult.
ISSN:0254-8860
0975-0711
DOI:10.1007/s12664-009-0054-8