The Spotted Lunula: Three Patients with Alopecia Areata Exhibited Spotty Absence of Whiteness in the Lunulae of Their Nails
May 1980
in “
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
”
TLDR Alopecia areata can cause spotty white areas on nails.
Three patients with alopecia areata exhibited spotty absence of the whiteness in the lunulae of their nails, attributed to defects in the matrical epithelium beneath the nail plate. This condition was compared to Wickham's striae.
