Thursday, February 9, 2012

Manicure




These images show the friable slow-growing nails in a 40 year old woman with pleural effusions, bronchiectasis, frequent pneumonias, and swollen lower extremities.

Challenge: What's your diagnosis?

First two images are in the public domain. Third image is shown under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    yellow nail syndrome

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  2. CraigFebruary 16, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    couldn't fool you!
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    Manicure

    This is yellow nail syndrome, resulting from an abnormality of lymphatic vessels.

    Sources: UpToDate; nlm.nih.gov; Wikipedia.

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