title: [The yellow nail syndrome].
abstract: The yellow nail syndrome is the combination of slow growing yellow discoloured nails, lymphoedema and pleural effusion. The symptoms are supposed to be due to impaired lymphatic drainage. It is a rare clinical condition: through the last 30 years only about a hundred cases have been reported. The treatment is symptomatic (diuretics and pleuradesis). We review the literature and report four cases.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk afdeling, Amtssygehuset i Roskilde.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elming
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Seibaek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009262:Nails / Q000473:pathology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: De gule negles syndrom.