Yellow Nail Syndrome

Yellow Nail Syndrome

Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare entity of unknown cause in which congenitally hypoplastic lymphatics play a major role in the clinical manifestations of the disease. YNS has been associated with many malignancies and immune disorders. We report a case of new-onset YNS associated with breast can...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chest 2000-05, Vol.117 (5), p.1516-1518
Hauptverfasser: Iqbal, Mobeen, Rossoff, Leonard J., Marzouk, Kamel A., Steinberg, Harry N.
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Sprache:eng
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carcinoma of breast
chemotherapy
neoplasm
yellow nail
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Zusammenfassung:Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare entity of unknown cause in which congenitally hypoplastic lymphatics play a major role in the clinical manifestations of the disease. YNS has been associated with many malignancies and immune disorders. We report a case of new-onset YNS associated with breast cancer and dramatic improvement in the yellow nails with cancer treatment.
ISSN:0012-3692
1931-3543
DOI:10.1378/chest.117.5.1516