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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 imaging studies
revealed pulmonary and pleural changes, in addition to pericardial effusion. Incidentally, the features of Phrygian cap gallbladder anomaly were found. Neither diverticular disease nor gallbladder disorders have been related to yellow nail syndrome. In the present case study, the synchronism between some of these conditions could be casual; but diverticular disease, cholelithiasis, and diaphragmatic hernia are associated in the Saint’s triad. MÉD UIS. 2015;28(3):387-91.
Keywords: Diverticulum, Colon. Gallbladder diseases. Hernia, Hiatal.
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