Summary The team in Bahawalpur were astounded by the case and published it in medical literature.
BAHAWALPUR (Web Desk) – A man baffled the doctors in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur area when he complained of pain from the strange growth and sought medical advice.
The team in Bahawalpur were astounded by the case and published it in medical literature.
Writing in the International Journal of Surgery Open, they described the double fingernail as an extremely rare entity .
They added that double nail of the toes - which they said were more common - have only described four times before in literature .
Most cases are incidentally detected and only few patients seek help because they have discomfort and pain or cosmetic reasons, they wrote.
A senior doctor from Bahawal Victoria Hospital treated the patient. The doctor and his colleagues confirmed it was an accessory nails after tests showed it was made of keratin and was inseparable from the nail bed.
Surgeons then removed the nail, which was shown to measure less than 1cm, under local anaesthetic, which numbed his hand.
It was sent for laboratory tests, which proved the growth was made a nail. Doctors asked the patient to publish his story in medical literature.
