Tony Burns, Stephen M. Breathnach, Neil Cox, Christopher Griffiths. Splinter haemorrhages Splinter haemorrhages represent longitudinal haemorrhages in the nail bed conforming to the pattern of subungual vessels [1–4]. They are most ...
... SPLINTER HAEMORRHAGES AND HAEMATOMAS Splinter haemorrhages The subungual epidermal ridges extend from the lunula distally to the hyponychium and fit ' tongue and groove ' fashion between similarly arranged dermal ridges . The ...
... splinter. haemorrhages. (DF5/10),. clubbing. (DF8/10),. and. tar. staining. (DF1/10). Splinter haemorrhages What are they? These are small haemorrhages within the nailbed under the nail. Significance Inspection for splinter haemorrhages is ...
... splinter haemorrhages in the nail beds (see Fig. 5.12). These are linear haemorrhages lying parallel to the long axis of the nail. They are most often due to trauma, particularly in manual workers.j However, an important cause is ...
... splinter haemorrhages [35,38]. Splinter haemorrhages. Capillary injury in the longitudinally orientated epidermal–dermal ridges manifests clinically as small linear haemorrhages, known as splinter haemorrhages. Splinter haemorrhages in ...