by Curt Samlaska | Jan 9, 2020 | Yellow Nail Syndrome
Yellow Nail Syndrome (YNS) was first described by London physicians Peter Samman and William White in 1964. The nail changes are characterized by marked thickening and yellow to yellowish green nail discoloration which is often associated with systemic disease, most...
by Curt Samlaska | Oct 1, 2019 | Proteus Syndrome
Proteus Syndrome is also known as Elattoproteus Syndrome and elephant man disease. It may be confused with Neurofibromatosis and the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick, originally believed to have neurofibromatosis, is now believed to have had Proteus Syndrome. To see...
by Curt Samlaska | Jul 3, 2019 | Drug Eruption
Sweet’s syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome, usually associated with hematologic malignancies, manifesting with fevers, neutrophilic leucocytosis, painful edematous plaques, usually involving the hands and distal arms with a dermal infiltrate of...
