title: A case of ingrown toenail accompanied by extreme soft tissue hypertrophy to the extent of invisible nail.
abstract: Ingrown nails occur when the nail fold grows inwards into the nail bed. This condition affects daily life and causes a loss of labor, and therefore, should be meticulously tackled and immediately treated. Ingrown nail is categorized in three stages based on pain, erythema, infection, drainage, and the presence of granulation tissue. We present hypertrophic tissue excision and bilateral partial matrix excision in an unclassified case of ingrown toenail in which the bilateral side wall hypertrophy covered the entire nail; normal tissue of the nail was invisible, along with first year follow-up results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey. firatseyf@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fırat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seyfettinoğlu
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Sünneli
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dülgeroğlu
authors.forename: Osman Arslan
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Bora
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014034:Toes / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome