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Case Reports
. 1987 Aug;92(2):366-7.
doi: 10.1378/chest.92.2.366.

Yellow nail syndrome associated with chronic pericardial effusion

M Wakasa, T Imaizumi, A Suyama, A Takeshita, M Nakamura
Case Reports

Yellow nail syndrome associated with chronic pericardial effusion

M Wakasa et al. Chest. 1987 Aug.

Abstract

A 74-year-old man had typical yellow nail syndrome, associated with pericardial effusion and hyperimmunoglobulinemia (IgG 3,179 mg/dl, IgM 402 mg/dl). A search of the literature fails to reveal a previously reported case of yellow nail syndrome associated with pericardial effusion.

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