- NAIL TUTOR SEARCH RESULT - EXCESSIVE GROWTH NAIL FOLD When the Proximal Nail Fold shows EXCESSIVE GROWTH over the nail plate, the disorder should be adressed to a disorder in the Nail Cuticle. The medical vocabulary for this condition is: Pterygium. Causes: severe trauma, blood circulation disorders, and lichen planus. Synonyms: Pterychium, Dorsal Pterygium, (Inverse Pterygium) RESTART THE NAIL TUTOR

* NOTICE: The HandResearch Nail Tutor tool is in development - currently this tool
discriminates 37 different disorders in the nails | The NAIL TUTOR tool is an aspect of
Medical Hand Analysis and the purpose of this tool is to help identify the nature of your
Nail Disorder. | The section Nail Disorders presents a more comprehensive overview.

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