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HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY—AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Author(s) -
Awerbuch Mark S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb117674.x
Subject(s) - hypertrophic osteoarthropathy , medicine , spinal osteoarthropathy , differential diagnosis , carcinoma , pathology , dermatology , radiology
A case of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with carcinoma of the lung is presented. The symptomatology of the former usually dominates the clinical picture so that early diagnosis of the underlying carcinoma often depends on recognition of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. A brief review of the literature is given.