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Yellow nail syndrome, pincer nails, colon cancer and polyps in a 76 year-old-woman

Russian Open Medical Journal, 2015
The yellow nail syndrome is a scarcely described condition characterized by dystrophic yellowish nails, respiratory disturbances and lymphedema; while the pincer nail deformity is characterized by thickening and excessive transverse curvature of the nail
Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Iara Machado Motta, Victor Manabu Yano, Manoel da Costa Gondim Neto, Renata Athayde Casasanta   +4 more
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Yellow nail syndrome: a series of two clinical cases and review of the literature [PDF]

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii
Yellow nail syndrome is a rare disease of unknown etiology, characterized by damage to the lung parenchyma and nail apparatus. The etiopathogenesis of the disease remains unclear.
Tatyana A. Gosteva, Victoria M. Kleuzovich, Roman V. Saraniuk   +2 more
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Yellow Nail Syndrome: An Unusual Cause of Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Yellow Nail Syndrome (YNS) is a rare clinical syndrome characterised by the classical triad of thickened and dystrophic yellow nails, pleural effusion, and primary lymphoedema.
Preetam Goswami, Anirban Das, Pronoy Sen, Rana Barik   +3 more
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Yellow nail syndrome

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2011
A 67 years old female patient, former smoker (20 pack/years), with a seven-year history of chronic dyspnea, bilat -eral ventilatory-dependent pain, fatigue, and dry cough, due to relapsing pleural effusion (Figure 1), associated with slow growth of yellow, thickened nails with disappearance of the cuticle and lunula (Figure 2).
de Miranda Félix, Ricardo Humberto, da Nóbrega Oliveira, Honorato Marins, de Almeida e Sousa, Cinthia Lorena, Medeiros da Fonseca, Ana Rita Brito, de Albuquerque, Paulo Roberto, Hosanah Lima, Suzianne Ruth   +5 more
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Yellow nail syndrome [PDF]

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2009
The yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare disorder of unknown cause characterized by the triad of yellow and thickened nails, lymphedema and respiratory manifestations. We review the current state of knowledge, particularly regarding the diagnosis and management of this disorder.Available data suggest acquired lymphatic dysfunction to be the predominant
Fabien, Maldonado, Jay H, Ryu
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Yellow nail syndrome

Dermatology Online Journal, 2008
A 70-year-old man presented with a three-year history of thickened and slow growing, yellow-to-green, discolored fingernails and toenails with loss of lunulae and cuticles. He also had a concurrent history of chronic sinusitis with persistent productive cough.
Elmariah, Sarina B, Ubriani, Ravi R, Kovich, Olympia   +2 more
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Bronchiectasis in yellow nail syndrome [PDF]

Respirology, 2016
ABSTRACT Background and objectiveYellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare and poorly described disease process. In this case–control study, clinical features and findings on HRCT were compared with idiopathic bronchiectasis (IBx).MethodsA review of all patients attending an adult bronchiectasis clinic between 2007 and 2013 identified 25 YNS patients.
Woodfield, G, Nisbet, M, Jacob, J, Mok, W, Loebinger, MR, Hansell, DM, Wells, AU, Wilson, R   +7 more
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Yellow nail syndrome as a cause of unexplained edema

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Yellow nail syndrome is a rare cause of edema due to a disordered lymphatic drainage. We recently observed two cases of long-standing, chronic edema, whose nature could not be understood despite innumerable diagnostic procedures.
C. Cimini, R. Giunta, R. Utili, E. Durante-Mangoni   +3 more
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Yellow Nail Syndrome or Diffuse Lymphatic Network Disease

Acta Medica, 2002
We report a man aged 68 years old with pneumothorax and chronic bilateral pleural effusion in association with a history of yellow nails. The diagnosis of yellow nail syndrome based on yellow nails, lymphedema, chronic pleural effusion and intestinal ...
Konstantinos A Christu, Chaido Pastaka, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Eleni Klimi, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis   +4 more
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Advanced Materials for Biologics Delivery to Brain Tumors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Material innovation is central to unlocking the therapeutic potential of biologics against many central nervous system diseases, including brain cancer. By engineering carriers with controlled transport, targeting, and release properties, advanced materials can overcome the blood–brain barrier and tumor microenvironment, improving the delivery of ...
Yuran Feng, Yuxue Cao, Maria Kavallaris, Taskeen Janjua, Amirali Popat   +4 more
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