title: The treatment of psoriatic nail dystrophy with intradermal steroid injections.
abstract: Thirty-seven patients with psoriatic nail dystrophy were treated with intradermal nail-fold injections of either triamcinolone acetonide or triamcinolone hexacetonide, using the Port-O-Jet needleless injector. Mild nail-matrix changes showed a very good response to treatment, whilst nail-bed and/or hyponychial changes causing onycholysis and the more severe types of dystrophy usually showed little improvement. Although in occasional cases this may be a useful form of treatment, we would not recommend its general use in patients with psoriatic nail dystrophy.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007271:Injections, Intradermal; D007277:Injections, Jet; D008297:Male; D009262:Nails; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide