Trachyonychia Secondary to Acitretin Usage

Taylor Thieman; Dillon Clarey; Richard A Johnson; Ryan M Trowbridge

doi:10.7759/cureus.6703

Trachyonychia Secondary to Acitretin Usage

Cureus. 2020 Jan 19;12(1):e6703. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6703.

Authors

Taylor Thieman¹, Dillon Clarey¹, Richard A Johnson², Ryan M Trowbridge¹

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
² Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

Abstract

Trachyonychia is a disease of the nail matrix that most commonly presents with sandpaper-like roughness of the nails. Retinoids are known to cause several nail abnormalities, likely due to their anti-proliferative effects. Despite this, no cases have been previously reported on the association of acitretin (second-generation retinoid) with trachyonychia. We present a single case of trachyonychia associated with acitretin that subsided following medication cessation.

Keywords: acitretin; retinoids; trachyonychia.

Publication types

Case Reports