Nailing the Diagnosis! The American Journal of Medicine

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Nailing the Diagnosis! The American Journal of Medicine Srinivas Rajagopala, MD, Navneet Singh, MD, DM, Dheeraj Gupta, MD, DM, FCCP The American Journal of Medicine Volume 122, Issue 12, Pages 1085-1087 (December 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.014 Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Both hands of patient showing yellow dystrophic nails in both thumbs. Subungual hyperkeratosis is present, and there is no evidence of fungal infection of the fingers. The American Journal of Medicine 2009 122, 1085-1087DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.014) Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Composite images of the coronal reconstructed images of computed tomography of the chest with mediastinal (A) and lung (B) windows showing bilateral loculated pleural effusions, drain in situ on the left side, pericardial effusion, and small mediastinal lymph nodes. The American Journal of Medicine 2009 122, 1085-1087DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.014) Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions