RT Journal
A1 Baran RL
T1 NAil damage caused by weed killers and insecticides
JF Archives of Dermatology
JO Archives of Dermatology
YR 1974
FD September 1
VO 110
IS 3
SP 467
OP 467
DO 10.1001/archderm.1974.01630090093038
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1974.01630090093038
AB To the Editor.— 
    The onychopathy described here, first noted by Samman and Johnston in 1969,1 is not common but very characteristic.On Feb 15, 1972, a 65-year-old white man used a phytosanitary product (Winter Volck Yellow, Sopra) for the treatment of fruit trees. He neglected the recommendation on the label and instead of mixing 1 liter of the product with 50 liters of water, he handled the chemical in a pure state for three hours.After 15 days, he noticed some change in the color of his nails. Two months later, the nails appeared to be made up of two portions: the proximal third of the nail plate was yellow and the distal two thirds was pink. The cuticle was absent and there was a slight painless paronychia (Figure). Seven months later, edema of the proximal nail fold had not completelyAppearance of nails after two months. disappeared. A