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Artigos • Radiol Bras 36 (3) • June 2003 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-39842003000300012 linkcopy

Open-access Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy: a case report and review of the literature

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    The authors report a case of primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a 29-year-old male with swollen joints. Physical examination revealed also digital clubbing and convexity of the nails. All other causes of secondary forms of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy were excluded. The main radiological abnormalities found were bone cortical hypertrophy and periosteal proliferation. Abnormalities of the joint spaces were not observed.

    Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy; Pachydermoperiostosis; Digital clubbing

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