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hypertrophic osteoarthropathy CHORUS

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Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00196.html

Description: # 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)

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
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Language: English

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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Fri Jul 24 2009