CHORUS
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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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