Chevron nails: a normal variant in the pediatric population

Pediatr Dermatol. 2014 Jan-Feb;31(1):e24-5. doi: 10.1111/pde.12193. Epub 2013 Jul 22.

Abstract

A 7-month-old girl was evaluated for V-shaped ridging of the fingernails consistent with chevron nails. Chevron nails are a normal variant in the pediatric population that is frequently outgrown. This case nicely demonstrates this normal finding that has so rarely been reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child Development
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Nails / growth & development*
  • Nails / pathology*
  • Nails, Malformed / pathology*