Terry's nails, tracking an underneath disease.

Nail abnormalities can be a valuable diagnostic clue and should be part of any detailed physical examination.An 89-year-old man with heart failure, chronic liver disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted for acute decompensated heart failure. At physical examination, whitening of all the fingernails, with disappearance of lunula, leaving just a 2 mm pink band at the tip of the …