title: Congenital malalignment of the great toenails: case report and literature review.
abstract: A 10-year-old black boy had congenital malalignment of the great toenails (CMGTN). It is important to recognize this condition since several nail disorders can occur concurrently with and/or clinically mimic it. Treatment is dependent on the severity of the condition, and includes conservative management and subsequent examination to detect CMGTN-associated complications for patients with mild lateral deviation of the nail plate, or surgical realignment for individuals with either marked nail plate deviation or condition-related disabling sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology