title: Yellow nail syndrome and xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.
abstract: We report a case of a 74-year-old woman exhibiting the yellow nail syndrome in association with ipsilateral xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. Nephrectomy resulted in complete resolution of the pleural effusion and slow improvement of the yellow nails. This report calls attention to the renal-related pleural effusion, and to the thorough investigation needed for the yellow nail syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Danenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eliashar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flusser
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chajek-Shaul
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome