RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Clinical features of the yellow nail syndrome
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 472
OP 476
VO 57
IS 5
A1 Cordasco, Edward M.
A1 Beder, S.
A1 Coltro, Adele
A1 Bavbek, S.
A1 Gurses, H.
A1 Mehta, Atul C.
YR 1990
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/5/472.abstract
AB The yellow nail syndrome is a rare cause of exudative pleural effusions. Diagnosis is based on the presence of typical clinical features, striking nail changes, lymphedema, and pleural effusions of undetermined etiology. There is no direct relationship between the syndrome and primary immunologic disorders, malignancies, endocrine abnormalities, or connective tissue diseases. In patients with symptomatic pleural effusions, pleurodesis is beneficial but no treatment for the nail changes has been devised.