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hypertrophic osteoarthropathy


  • 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)

  • ** causes symmetrical periosteal reaction


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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