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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Acute paronychia Swelling, erythema, and a purulent collection are present in this patient with acute paronychia. Reproduced with permission from: www.visualdx.com. Copyright Logical Images, Inc.
©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Acute paronychia Swelling, erythema, and a purulent collection are present in this patient with acute paronychia. Reproduced with permission from: www.visualdx.com. Copyright Logical Images, Inc. Acute paronychia Painful erythema and swelling with a purulent collection is present in this patient with an acute paronychia. Reproduced with permission from: Wolters Kluwer. Copyright © 2008. Acute paronychia Acute paronychia. Note erythema and edema of the proximal nail fold. The absence of nail dystrophy is indicative of the acute nature of the disorder. Reproduced with permission from: Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photoguide of Common Skin Disorders, 2nd ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2003. Copyright © 2003 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Acute paronychia Swelling, erythema, and a purulent collection are present in this patient with acute paronychia. Reproduced with permission from: www.visualdx.com. Copyright Logical Images, Inc. Acute paronychia Acute paronychia is a bacterial infection of the lateral nail fold and can result from nail biting, hangnail, poor manicure technique, minor trauma, and, in children, from thumb sucking.