Median nail dystrophy on the fingernails of an adult male. This is a longitudinal splitting or canal formation in the midline of the nails occurring a

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Median nail dystrophy on the fingernails of an adult male. This is a longitudinal splitting or canal formation in the midline of the nails occurring at the cuticle and proceedingoutward as the nails grow. The cause is not known, although it may be caused by picking at the cuticles. The condition is also known by dystrophia unguis mediana canaliformis or solenonychia.

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