Pulmonology · Pulmonology / Pleural disease
Yellow nail syndrome
also: Yellow nail-lymphedema syndrome
Yellow nails, lymphedema and pleural effusions.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Pleural disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, equal; Children: rare, onset after age 40
- Gene(s) involved
- FOXC2
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Yellow nail-lymphedema syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Lymphatic vessel dysfunction.
Gene(s) involved (1)
Symptoms & signs (6)
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