Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Quitter's Nail

Abraham Verghese, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1994; 330:974April 7, 1994

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Figure 1 Quitter's Nail.

The tip of the fingernail is discolored in a 68-year-old former cigarette smoker who was unable to smoke after sustaining a head injury. Given the rate of nail growth (0.5 to 1.2 mm per week), the tar-stained portion took approximately 9 to 21 weeks to reach its current position.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Abraham Verghese, M.D.
Texas Tech University, El Paso, TX 79905

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   Frederick, J.A., . (1994) False Positive Quitter's Nail. New England Journal of Medicine 331:9, 619-619
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