Hannes De Beer - ND - Spoon Nails - Koilonychia Spoon nails (koilonychia) are soft nails that look scooped out. The depression usually is large enough to hold a drop of liquid.
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Keith Siau on Twitter: "@eygabroat Koilonychia refers to spoon shaped nails that is seen in iron deficiency anaemia, fungal nail infections and sometimes in newborn children. https://t.co/VewDFkDvOf" / X
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Image Gallery: Spoon‐shaped nails in an 11‐year‐old boy - Calleja‐Algarra - 2019 - British Journal of Dermatology - Wiley Online Library
![In severe cases of koilonychia, the nails have a spoon-like indent in the middle. Often the nail is also split vert… | Brittle nails treatment, Nails, Brittle nails In severe cases of koilonychia, the nails have a spoon-like indent in the middle. Often the nail is also split vert… | Brittle nails treatment, Nails, Brittle nails](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a9/87/da/a987da6214533849096b8668de257187.jpg)
In severe cases of koilonychia, the nails have a spoon-like indent in the middle. Often the nail is also split vert… | Brittle nails treatment, Nails, Brittle nails
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