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splinter hemorrhage

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splinter hemorrhage,
linear bleeding under a fingernail or toenail, resembling a splinter. It is seen after trauma and in bacterial endocarditis. Also spelled splinter haemorrhage.
splinter hemorrhage
A small linear subungual hemorrhage which is red when fresh and brown when aged, located at the distal1⁄3 of the nailbed, classically associated with mitral stenosis
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