Idiopathic Sporadic Onychomadesis of Toenails

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of previously reported cases of idiopathic onychomadesis.

Article	Age (Y)	Sex	Presenting symptom	Onset and duration	History of affected nail	Family history	Physical examination
Montgomery, 1897 [3]	35	Male	Shedding of nail plate	Infancy	Both	Yes	Right thumbnail loosened
Oliver, 1927 [4]	12	Male	Shedding of big toenail	2 years	Toenails	Yes	Right big toenail loosened
Martin and Rudolph, 1980 [5]	25	Male	Shedding of nail plate	Childhood	Both	Yes	All toenails loosened, with 7 affected fingernails
Mehra et al., 2000 [6]	12	Female	Asymptomatic nail shedding	4 months	Both	Yes	Separation of both 3rd fingernails, left 4th toenail, and right big toenail
Venugopal and Murrell, 2009 [7]	79	Male	Nail shedding every winter	10 years	Fingernails	No	Beau’s line of all fingernails with toenail dystrophy
Hardin and Haber, 2012 [8]	14	Female	Periodic shedding of fingernails 2-3 times/year	3 years	Fingernails	No	Separation of left thumbnail with intact nail plate
Present case	38	Female	Periodic shedding of toenails 3-4 times/year	10 years	Toenails	No	Separation of right 4th toenail