title: Retronychia: a rare cause of chronic paronychia.
abstract: Retronychia, described in 1999, is a rare entity of ingrown toenails. Embedding of the nail into the proximal nail fold (PNF) leads to chronic inflammatory changes. Herein, we report a new case that exhibited persistent paronychia in a 23-year-old woman. Retronychia usually does not recur once treated with avulsion. It should be suspected in the event of chronic proximal paronychia.
authors: Dermatology, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors: Ines
authors: I
authors: Zaraa
authors: Rym
authors: R
authors: Kort
authors: Mourad
authors: M
authors: Mokni
authors: Amel
authors: A
authors: Ben Osman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000150:complications*; D010304:Paronychia / Q000209:etiology*; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult