Beau's lines and multiple periungueal pyogenic granulomas after long stay in an intensive care unit

Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Mar-Apr;25(2):278-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00657.x.

Abstract

A child developed multiple Beau's lines and periungueal pyogenic granulomas after admission to the intensive care unit. Immobilization, hypoxia, and drugs might have acted as potential causative factors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
  • Length of Stay*
  • Male
  • Nail Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Nail Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Nails
  • Spain

Substances

  • Gentamicins
  • Betamethasone