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What is the angle between the nail and nail bed in a normal condition?
What is the angle between the nail and nail bed in a normal condition?
- Less than 160 degrees (correct)
- More than 160 degrees
- Around 180 degrees
- Exactly 160 degrees
At what stage of clubbing is there a parrot beak appearance of the nail or drumstick appearance of the digit?
At what stage of clubbing is there a parrot beak appearance of the nail or drumstick appearance of the digit?
- Grade III (correct)
- Grade I
- Grade IV
- Grade II
What is the characteristic feature of Grade IV clubbing?
What is the characteristic feature of Grade IV clubbing?
- Softening of nail bed
- Swelling of fingers in all dimensions associated with hypertrophic pulmonary osteo-arthropathy (correct)
- Parrot beak appearance of the nail
- Loss of angle between the nail and nail bed
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Study Notes
Nail Clubbing
- In a normal condition, the angle between the nail and nail bed is around 160°.
Stages of Clubbing
- At an advanced stage of clubbing, the nail assumes a parrot beak appearance, also known as a drumstick appearance of the digit.
Grade IV Clubbing
- The characteristic feature of Grade IV clubbing is the maximalclubbing with marked increase in the periosteal new bone formation.
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