Reversal of nail changes after liver transplantation in a child.
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2009-07
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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.
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Biliary atresia, cirrhosis, extrahepatic biliary obstruction
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Gandhi Vidhyachandra, Nagral Aabha, Philip Sujith, Malkani Ram H, Pimputkar Rujuta. Reversal of nail changes after liver transplantation in a child. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2009 Jul-Aug; 28(4): 154-156.