title: Finger sucking and onycholysis in an infant.
abstract: A case of onycholysis in a 6-month-old male infant secondary to chronic finger sucking is reported. He was allowed to suck on his fingers without intervention. The onycholysis resolved after cessation of finger sucking habits when the child was a toddler.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Steven F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Viegas
mesh_terms: D005386:Fingersucking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous