Abstract
We report 3 patients, without bleeding disorders, presenting with onychomadesis and focal haemorrhages at multiple proximal nail folds or in the nail tissue. In one of our patients it was possible to check the appearance of a drop of blood on each side, beneath the proximal nail fold when he pressed the pulp of the fingers of his previously fractured forearm on a hard surface. All patients had major peripheral or major peripheral and central neurological deficits, prior to the nail bleeding. Peripheral vascular dilatation produced by paralysis of the vasoconstrictors in the nail area slows the venous return in the dilated vessels, mainly in the proximal nail fold.
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