Yellow Nail Syndrome or Diffuse Lymphatic Network Disease

Konstantinos A Christu; Chaido Pastaka; Dimitrios Papadopoulos; Eleni Klimi; Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis

doi:10.14712/18059694.2019.78

Acta Medica (Jan 2002)

Yellow Nail Syndrome or Diffuse Lymphatic Network Disease

Konstantinos A Christu,
Chaido Pastaka,
Dimitrios Papadopoulos,
Eleni Klimi,
Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis

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Konstantinos A Christu: University of Thessaly, Medical School, Pulmonary Department, Greece
Chaido Pastaka: University of Thessaly, Medical School, Pulmonary Department, Greece
Dimitrios Papadopoulos: University of Thessaly, Medical School, Pulmonary Department, Greece
Eleni Klimi: University of Thessaly, Medical School, Pulmonary Department, Greece
Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis: University of Thessaly, Medical School, Pulmonary Department, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.78
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 45, no. 4
pp. 181 – 182

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We report a man aged 68 years old with pneumothorax and chronic bilateral pleural effusion in association with a history of yellow nails. The diagnosis of yellow nail syndrome based on yellow nails, lymphedema, chronic pleural effusion and intestinal lymphangiectasia.

Published in Acta Medica

ISSN: 1211-4286 (Print); 1805-9694 (Online)
Publisher: Karolinum Press
Country of publisher: Czechia
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/

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