Medical Definition of Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
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Pulmonary, malignancy (bronchogenic carcinoma, lymphoma, metastasis), abscess, COPD / bronchiectasis, pleural, pleural fibroma (highest incidence of HOA, tho' rare itself), mesothelioma, cardiac, cyanotic congenital heart disease, GI, inflammatory disease (Crohn, UC), malabsorption (dysentery, lue, cirrhosis), ** causes symmetrical periosteal reaction
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
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