Secondary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy (Subscribe)  

Case Presentation: A 47 year-old white male presented with coughing for three months, accompanied by painful swollen knees, legs and ankles.

# pulmonary
# malignancy (bronchogenic Ca, lymphoma, mets)
# abscess
# COPD / bronchiectasis
# pleural
# pleural fibroma (highest incidence of HOA, tho' rare itself)
# mesothelioma
# cardiac
# cyanotic congenital heart dz
# GI
# inflammatory dz (Crohn, UC)
# malabsorption (dysentery, lue, cirrhosis)

Covers both primary and secondary. Synonyms and related keywords: primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, primary HOA, HOA, secondary HOA clubbing, Hippocratic fingers, pachydermoperiostosis, Touraine-Solente-Gole syndrome, Goldbloom's syndrome, Goldbloom syndrome, Pierre Marie-Bamberger's disease, Pierre Marie-Bamberger disease, osteoarthropathie hypertrophiante pneumique, hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy, HPOA, acropachy, digital clubbing, periostosis, intrathoracic malignancy, intrathoracic infection, cyanotic cardiac...

Covers both primary and secondary

Uses the search string allintitle: hypertrophic osteoarthopathy 9900 returns July 2007. Includes some pages on the primary condition.

Radiology case 468-861 Male in his late teens with a chronic condition and recent painful joints.
The youth of the patient is indicated by the epiphyseal lines. There is a line of newbone that covers the metaphyses of tibia and fibula. The extra bone appears layered and is separated from the...

Case Presentation
A 67 year old white male presented with fevers and bilateral lower extremity edema for 3 weeks. Chest radiograph is notable for an 8 cm mass in the left upper lung that is confirmed on CT of the chest. CT guided fine needle aspiration of the lung mass revealed...

8 returns in July 2007. Click on the Create Bibliography Link or use the Search string "Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic"[MeSH] (jrid22024 OR jrid2275 OR jrid2208 OR jrid32471 OR jrid3046 OR jrid1981 OR jrid22800 OR jrid22785 OR jrid3221 OR jrid6314 OR jrid20148 OR jrid3758 OR jrid32378 OR jrid32364 OR jrid147 OR jrid30151...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Secondary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy