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pachydermoperiostosis CHORUS
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Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00534.html
Description: "idiopathic, familial hypertrophic osteoarthropathy"
* boys at puberty
* blacks> whites
* familial
* periosteal reaction
o proximal phalanges, distal long bones of legs and forearms
o cortical thickening without medullary narrowing
* thick skin: extremities + forehead
* hyperhidrosis
* relatively pain free
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
- - OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Conditions
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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Thu Jul 30 2009