Criteria for diagnosis
All four of the features outlined below should be present before the fingernails can be said to be clubbed:
- increased sponginess of the nail bed
- loss of the usual acute angle between the nail and the nail bed
- increased curvature of the nail
- increased mass of the soft tissues over the terminal phalanges
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