Lymphoedema of the eyelids in the yellow nail syndrome.
The nails are frequently deformed or otherwise affected in a very large number of systemic diseases or as part of the general picture in many syndromes of congenital origin. One of the latter is the yellow nail syndrome (Samman and White, 1964) an example of which we present in this paper.
D000328:Adult; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000601:surgery*; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013577:Syndrome