
Diagnosis: Chronic paronychia
Description: Bolster-like swelling of the proximal nail fold.
Morphology: Swelling
Site: Nails
Sex: F
Age: 37
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory: An adult housewife who exposed daily to moisture for long periods developed painless erythematous pillow-like swelling of the proximal nail folds chiefly of the right predominant hand associated with cuticular loss of affected fingers and ridging and crumbling of the nail plates.