<prompt> Characterstic nail finding in lichen planus -PittingpterygiumBeaus LinesHyperpigmentation of nails  <response>: NAIL CHANGES IN LICHEN PLANUS: 1.Early change- bluish red discolouration of proximal nail fold. 2.thinning of nail plate, koilonychia, longtudinal ridging, splittingonychoschizia 3. pterygium formation-wing shaped growth of proximal nail fold across the nail plate due to severe nail matrix involvement. it is a characteristic nail change in lichen planus 4. pup tent sign: proximal onycholysis with elevation of nail plate and longitudinal splitting ue to involvement of nail bed. 5. anonychia 6. melanonychia IADVL textbook of dermatology, page 1075 