[A woman with a painful ulcer on the finger].
A 77-year-old woman was referred for recurrent infections of the fingertips. At the time of presentation, she had developed a painful ulcer on the right index finger due to onychotillomania, which is a compulsive picking or tearing at the nails.
Atrium Medisch Centrum, afd. Heelkunde, Heerlen, the Netherlands. leebouwman@hotmail.com
Lee H
LH
Bouwman
Dennis E J G J
DE
Dolmans
Atilla G
AG
Krasznai
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009262:Nails; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*