Recurrent Pericardial Effusions and Pericarditis Due to Yellow Nail Syndrome

Samia Mazumder; Rehan Karmali; Parvathy Sankar; Felix Berglund; Muhammad Majid; Alveena Syed; Aritra Paul; Allan Klein

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101797

Recurrent Pericardial Effusions and Pericarditis Due to Yellow Nail Syndrome

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Mar 3:11:101797. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101797. eCollection 2023 Apr 5.

Authors

Samia Mazumder¹, Rehan Karmali¹, Parvathy Sankar¹, Felix Berglund¹, Muhammad Majid², Alveena Syed², Aritra Paul³, Allan Klein²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
² Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases, Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
³ Nil Ratan Sircar College and Hospital, Kolkata, India.

Abstract

A 79-year-old woman presents with recurrent pericardial and pleural effusions for several years. She was noted to have exudative pleural effusions and bilateral nailbed discoloration. The constellation of her presenting symptoms and existing physical examination findings revealed a diagnosis of yellow nail syndrome, a rare cause of recurrent pericardial effusions. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: bilateral pleural effusion; pericardial effusion; pericarditis; yellow nail syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports