2015
DOI: 10.18273/revmed.v28n3-2015014
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Yellow nail syndrome, Phrygian cap gallbladder and Saint’s triad? Case report

Abstract: The yellow nail syndrome is scarcely described and is characterized by dystrophic nails, pulmonary disturbances and lymphedema of extremities. A case of this syndrome is reported in an 89-year-old Brazilian woman with well-controlled diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension. Additionally to the typical syndrome, the patient also presented pincer nails and yellow-brownish chromonychia. She was admitted because of acute abdominal symptoms associated with sigmoid diverticulitis and an adjacent abscess. The ima… Show more

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