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Pages 42-45 (January - February 1987)
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Vol. 23. Issue 1.
Pages 42-45 (January - February 1987)
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Cuantificacion de los angulos ungueales en el diagnostico de la acropaquia
Quantitative measurement of ungueal angles in the diagnosis of acropachy
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P. Parera, G. Garcia-Casasola, J.L. Alvarez-Sala, S. Plaza, M. Alonso, D. Espinos
Departamento de Medicina Interna. Hospital Clínico de San Carlos. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Complutense. Madrid
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La acropaquia es un signo muy frecuente en la práctica clínica y puede presentarse asociada a una gran variedad de enfermedades. Su valoración en los estadios iniciales es subjetiva, difícil y sujeta a posibles errores. Se describe un método objetivo, útil en la determinación de los ángulos perfil e hiponiquial de la uña, cuyas modificaciones reflejan fielmente la intensidad de la acropaquia. En 100 sujetos aparentemente sanos (50 hombres y 50 mujeres; edad media 36,6±16,1 años), los valores medios hallados para dichos ángulos han sido 168,1°±3,4° y 179,9°±2,6°, respectivamente. No se han demostrado diferencias significativas, en cuanto a los ángulos ungueales medidos, al agrupar a estos sujetos en atención a su edad, sexo o carácter de fumador o no fumador. Se comentan estos resultados y se comparan con la escasa literatura existente al respecto.

Acropachy is a very frequent sign in clinical practice and may be associated with a wide range of diseases. Its early assessement is subjective, difficult and liable to possible mistakes. An objective method is reported. This method is useful as measurement of fingernail cross-sectional and hyponichial angles, which changes accurately reflect the acropachy severity. In 100 appearently healthy subjects (50 men and 50 women; mean age 36,6±16,1 years), the average values for those angles were 168,1°±3,4° and 179,9°±2,6°, respectively. No significative difference was found in the measured ungueal angles when subjects were categorized according to age, sex or smoking or non-smoking habit. These results are discussed and compared with the scarce literature on this topic available up to now.

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