Photo-onycholysis due to indapamide.
Photo-onycholysis due to indapamide presented in a 75-year-old woman who was being treated with the diuretic for hypertension. The onset of her photo-onycholysis was delayed because of inadvertent photoprotection in the form of artificial nails and occurred in the absence of a generalized photosensitive eruption. Her nails returned to normal after withdrawal of the drug and application of opaque nail polish.
Rutherford
Tim
T
Monash Medical Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. timrutherford@hotmail.com
Sinclair
Rodney
R
D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007190:Indapamide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007190:Indapamide