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Suzanne is a 56-year-old female who suffers from acrodermatitis continia (L40.2), along with anxiety, arthritis, asthma and hypercholesterolemia. Her symptoms include painful, thickened, discolored and moderate in severity, dystrophic nails and cracked fingertips. Suzanne has tried and failed various treatments including olux, clobetasol and triamcinolone, which have provided her with little to no relief, despite months of treatment. Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau (ACH) is a rare inflammatory disease characterised by pustular eruptions beginning in the tips of fingers and toes (digits). The pustules may vary in extent over a chronic, recurrent course. Pustulation of the nail bed and its growth site (matrix) can result in onychodystrophy

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