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Pigmented nail streaks may indicate Laugier-Hunziker syndrome. Cutis; cutaneous medicine for the practitioner. [Cutis] Journal article

 
Sterling GB, Libow LF, Grossman ME 
Pigmented nail streaks may indicate Laugier-Hunziker syndrome. [Case Reports, Journal Article]
Cutis 1988 Oct; 42(4):325-6.


Laugier-Hunziker syndrome is a rare, benign pigmentation disorder previously described only once in the United States. The syndrome is acquired in early or mid-adult life and is characterized by multiple longitudinal hyperpigmented bands on the nails and pigmented macules of the lips and buccal mucosa. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and Addison's disease can present with pigment abnormalities similar to those characteristic of Laugier-Hunziker syndrome.



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