Chapter·DermatologyHair and Nail Disorders

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A 10-year-old boy presented with painful boggy swelling of scalp, multiple sinuses with purulent discharge, easily pluckable hair, and lymph nodes enlarged in occipital region, which of the following would be most helpful for diagnostic evaluation?

ABacterial culture

BBiopsy and giemsa staining

CPatch test, gram staining and Tzank smear

DKOH mount

2

All are nail changes seen in cases of psoriasis except:

ASubungual hyperkeratosis

BOil drop sign

CMees lines

DPitting

3

All are true about psoriasis except:

AParakeratosis & acanthosis

BPitting of nails

CVery pruritic

DJoint involvement in 5–30%

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