A rare cause of pleural effusion; yellow nail syndrome

DİROL H., Odemis A., ÖZBUDAK Ö.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY, cilt.22, sa.2, ss.123-127, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_74_19
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.123-127
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Lipofuscin, lymphedema, lymphoscintigraphy, pleural effusion, yellow nail, LYMPHEDEMA
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare syndrome characterized by yellow-thick nails, lymphedema, and recurrent respiratory symptoms. Respiratory symptoms occur due to asthma, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, sinusitis, pleural, and pericardial effusion. Pleural effusion is usually bilateral, exudative, and lymphocyte-predominant. Although about half of patients have pleural effusion, it is not a component of the triad. Two of the classical triad, yellow-thick nails, lymphedema, and recurrent respiratory symptoms, is enough for the diagnosis. About a hundred cases have been reported in the literature and all what we know is based on these case reports. There is no specific treatment for YNS; the goal is symptom control. Here, we report a successful pleurodesis in a 58-year-old male patient with YNS.