Yellow Nail Syndrome- A Case Report

Authors

  • NH Chowdhury Postgraduate Trainee, Medicine Unit-1, Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital
  • S Selim Assistant Registrar, Medicine Unit-1, Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital
  • R Yasmin Junior consultant, Department of Medicine, Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital
  • AHM Rowshan Associate professor and Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Begum Khaleda Zia Medical College and Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital
  • MR Rahman Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Begum Khaleda Zia Medical College and Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v28i1.4645

Keywords:

Yellow nail, lymphedema, pleural effusion, maxillary sinusitis

Abstract

Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare disorder characterized by chronic/recurrent rhinosinusitis, pleural effusion, bronchiectasis, lymphedema and dystrophic yellow nails. The classic triad of lymphedema, slow growing yellow nails, and pleural effusion, described by Emerson, is seen in only one third of patients. Here we report a case of yellow nail syndrome presented with cough, worsening symptom of breathlessness, leg edema and nail changes, waxing and waning for about 17 years.

Key words: Yellow nail; lymphedema; pleural effusion; maxillary sinusitis.

DOI: 10.3329/jbcps.v28i1.4645

J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2010; 28: 49-52

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Chowdhury, N., Selim, S., Yasmin, R., Rowshan, A., & Rahman, M. (2010). Yellow Nail Syndrome- A Case Report. Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, 28(1), 49–52. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v28i1.4645

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 1 (2010)

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Case Reports

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