The yellow nail syndrome
Holm, E.A.; Elming, H.; Seibaek, M.B.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 157(12): 1665-1667
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 7740626 Document Number: 449705
The yellow nail syndrome is the combination of slow growing yellow discoloured nails, lymphoedema and pleural effusion. The symptoms are supposed to be due to impaired lymphatic drainage. It is a rare clinical condition: through the last 30 years only about a hundred cases have been reported. The treatment is symptomatic (diuretics and pleuradesis). We review the literature and report four cases.