Splinter haemorrhage

A tiny line of haemorrhaging under the nails or in the eyeball.


Linear bleeding under the fingernails. Although they may result from injury, they are a useful physical sign of infective endocarditis.


Blood accumulation beneath the fingernails appears as small, splinter-like streaks. While such splinter hemorrhages are commonly the result of physical injury, they can also indicate the presence of infective endocarditis.


 


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