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Volume 7 Issue 9 (September, 2019)

Case Reports

Yellow Nail Syndrome - A Diagnostic Dillema
Vidushi Jain, Ashish K Jaiswal, R N Singh

A case of a yellow nail syndrome is described in a fifty year old male patient who presented with classical triad of this syndrome i.e., deformed yellow nail, lymphedema and chronic bilateral recurrent pleural effusion. After extensive workout along with thoracoscopic pleurodesis, none of the associated factors was elucidated and therapeutic trial of Anti Tuberculous therapy was given. After nine month of therapy complete resolution of Pleural effusion was seen. Key words: yellow nail, pleural effusion, lymphedema.

 
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