A Sign on the Fingernails

Discover why a man undergoing cancer treatment developed strange white lines on his fingernails. What’s the underlying cause of these Nail Changes?

Chemotherapy


A 42-year-old man who was undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma presented to the oncology clinic with changes in his fingernails. Five months earlier, he had presented with gastric-outlet obstruction and had received a diagnosis of high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. What is the most likely underlying cause of this presentation?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Chemotherapy
Paraneoplastic syndrome
Metastatic disease of the nail bed
Hepatic dysfunction
Tetracycline

Chemotherapy, Mees’ Lines, Nail Changes, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Oncology

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