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METABOLIC DISEASES
Anemia – apparent leukonychia 
Rook p. 2830, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Congestive heart failure – Terry’s nails(proximal 80%
of nail plate is white, distal 20% is pink) 
Ghatan p.85, 2002,
Second Edition, white lunulae Ghatan p.80, 2002,
Second Edition
Hemochromatosis – leukonychia 
AD 113:161–165, 1977;
Medicine 34:381–430, 1955
Hypoalbuminemia – Muehrcke’s lines (thin white transverse
bands) 
Ghatan p.82, 2002, Second Edition; leukonychia
Ghatan p.79, 2002, Second Edition; Terry’s nails (proximal
80% of nail plate is white, distal 20% is pink) 
Ghatan,
Second Edition, 2002, p.85
Liver disease – leukonychia 
Ghatan p.79, 2002, Second Edition;
white lunulae 
Ghatan, Second Edition, 2002, p.80; Terry’s nails
Ghatan, Second Edition, 2002, p.85
Pellagra – leukonychia 
Ghatan p.79, 2002, Second Edition
Terry’s nails – apparent leukonychia (diffuse whitening of the
nail bed) 
Lancet 1:757–759, 1954
Zinc deficiency – leukonychia 
Ghatan p.79, 2002, Second
Edition; Muehrcke’s paired lines Textbook of Neonatal
Dermatology, p.512, 2001
PARANEOPLASTIC DISORDERS
Leukonychia and internal malignancy 
Dermatol Clin
6:305–313, 1988
PRIMARY CUTANEOUS DISEASES
Alopecia areata – white lunulae 
Ghatan p.80, 2002,
Second Edition
Darier’s disease 
Dermatol Clin 6:305–313, 1988
Hailey–Hailey disease (longitudinal leukonychia) 
Hautarzt
43:451–452, 1992
Leukonychia totalis 
BJD 152:401–402, 2005
Mee’s lines (white transverse bands) seen with arsenic
poisoning, pellagra, malnutrition, typhoid fever, Hodgkin’s
disease, renal failure, renal allograft rejection, and myocardial
infarction 
Dermatol Clin 6:305–313, 1988
Psoriasis 
Dermatol Clin 6:305–313, 1988
SYNDROMES
Bart–Pumphrey syndrome – knuckle pads, total leukonychia,
mixed hearing loss 
JAAD 51:292, 2004; NEJM 276:202–207,
1967
Leukonychia totalis, sebaceous cysts, renal calculi 
AD
111:899–901, 1975
Leukonychia and peptic ulcer disease and cholelithiasis
NY
State J Med 1982:1797–1800
Leukonychia, keratoderma and hypotrichosis 
BJD 133:636–638,
1995; palmoplantar keratoderma and atrophic fibrosis Int J
Derm 29:535–541, 1990
Leukonychia and pili torti 
Cutis 1985:533–534
Leukonychia, congenital hypoparathyroidism;
hypoparathyroidism, onychorrhexis, and cataracts, LEOPARD
syndrome 
Int J Derm 29:535–541, 1990
TOXINS
Arsenic – Mee’s lines of nails 
BJD 149:757–762, 2003
Heavy metal poisoning 
Dermatol Clin 6:305–313, 1988
Thallium – transverse white nail bands 
Ghatan p.81, 2002,
Second Edition