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Median nail dystrophy presents as gifts that resemble an upside-down fir tree or
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injected directly into the proximal nail fold or topical ointments have been effectively used in the treatment of median nail dystrophy, though this is not usually advised.
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Dystrophia unguis mediana canaliformis, median canaliform dystrophy of Heller, and solenonychia.
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