Yellow Nail Syndrome or Diffuse Lymphatic Network Disease

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

doi:10.14712/18059694.2019.78

Acta Medica > Archive > 2002, Vol. 45 > Issue 4 > Yellow Nail Syndrome or Diffuse…

Acta Med. 2002, 45: 181-182

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.78

Yellow Nail Syndrome or Diffuse Lymphatic Network Disease

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

University of Thessaly, Medical School, Pulmonary Department, Greece

Received February 1, 2002
Accepted September 1, 2002

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.