Habit nail tic disorder: onychotillomania involving thumbs and toes responding to fluoxetine

Authors

  • Akash Bose Department of Psychiatry, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Taniya Maji Department of Psychiatry, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Subhendu Datta Department of Psychiatry, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Nitu Mallik Department of Psychiatry, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Gautam Kumar Bandyopadhyay Department of Psychiatry, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20241267

Keywords:

Onychotillomania, Body focused repetitive behaviour, Fluoxetine

Abstract

Habit nail tic disorder is a type of nail dystrophy caused by repetitive trauma to the nail matrix. It is a body-focused repetitive behavior that is commonly reported among adults and may or may not be associated with obsessive-compulsive behavior. In this report, we present a case of a 12-year-old adolescent girl who had a central furrow with longitudinal ridges running parallel from the proximal to the distal end of both her thumbnails and toenails, giving them a "washboard" appearance and diagnosed as habit nail tic disorder, and treatment involved fluoxetine 20 mg and the application of permeable adhesive tape to protect the nails from external trauma. There was a positive response observed two months after the beginning of the treatment and the nail matrix resolved spontaneously.

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Published

2024-04-30

How to Cite

Bose, A., Maji, T., Datta, S., Mallik, N., & Bandyopadhyay, G. K. (2024). Habit nail tic disorder: onychotillomania involving thumbs and toes responding to fluoxetine. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 12(5), 1735–1737. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20241267

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