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Badri T, Ben Tekaya N, Cherif F, et al. Photo-onycholysis: two cases induced by doxycycline. Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2004;13(4):135-6
Badri, T., Ben Tekaya, N., Cherif, F., & Ben Osman Dhahri, A. (2004). Photo-onycholysis: two cases induced by doxycycline. Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica, 13(4), 135-6.
Badri, T, et al. "Photo-onycholysis: two cases induced by doxycycline." Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica vol. 13,4 (2004): 135-6.
Badri T, Ben Tekaya N, Cherif F, Ben Osman Dhahri A. Photo-onycholysis: two cases induced by doxycycline. Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2004 Dec;13(4):135-6. PMID: 15818449.
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Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2004 Dec;13(4):135-6.

Photo-onycholysis: two cases induced by doxycycline.

Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica

T Badri, N Ben Tekaya, F Cherif, A Ben Osman Dhahri

Affiliations

  1. Department of Dermatology, Rabta Hospital, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia. [email protected]

PMID: 15818449

Abstract

Photo-onycholysis is a phototoxic reaction, which is usually drug-induced. It consists of the separation of the nail from the nail bed due to ultraviolet radiation. We report two cases of female patients who developed distal onycholysis while receiving doxycycline. Among the drugs that cause photo-onycholysis, the most frequently cited are tetracyclines, psoralens and fluoroquinolones. Photo-onycholysis is often distal, half-moon shaped and can be surrounded by pigmentation. Spontaneous recovery follows within a few months of discontinuing the drug.

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