Meese cross bands Bilder

Meese cross-bands. Cause unknown.

Meesian transverse ligaments. Nail-centered, whitish banding of the big toe nail. Cause unknown.

Meesian transverse ligaments. Wide leukonychia bands of the nail.

Meese transverse ligaments: Pre-existing Sézary syndrome. Distinct whitish transverse ligaments of the nails, of which proximally situated discrete leukonychia.

Meesche transverse ligaments: 56 year old woman. 3 months before the present picture was taken, the patient had severe bronchitis. The symmetrical white transverse ligament of all fingernails indicates the temporary, systemic disturbance of the organism. Picture from the collection of Dr. med. Eva Kämmerer