ACUTE HYPERTROPHIC OSTEO-ARTHROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Authors: M C McCORD, J MOBERLY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 September 1953ACUTE HYPERTROPHIC OSTEO-ARTHROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITISMALCOLM C. MCCORD, JOHN MOBERLYMALCOLM C. MCCORDSearch for more papers by this author, JOHN MOBERLYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-3-640 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGeneralized hypertrophic osteo-arthropathy may cause a definite symptom complex entirely apart from, and often preceding, the symptoms arising from the primary disease. This symptomatic state was clearly described in the initial reports of this interesting disease process. The patient presented by Bamberger in 18891and, with additions, in 1891,2and the patients described by Marie in 1890,3evidenced arthritis and deforming skeletal changes. The term applied by Marie to this lesion, "osteo-arthropathie hypertrophiante pneumique," in itself indicates the emphasis placed on the bone and joint manifestations with enlargement of the extremities. The early reports by the English physicians Thorburn,4Godlee5...Bibliography1. von Bamberger E: Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der Aerzte in Wien, Wien. klin. Wchnschr. 2: 226, 1889. Google Scholar2. von Bamberger E: Über Knochenveranderungen bei chronischen Lungen- und Herzkrankheiten, Ztschr. f. klin. Med. 18: 193, 1891. Google Scholar3. Marie P: De l'osteo-arthropathie hypertrophiante pneumique, Rev. de méd., Paris 10: 1, 1890. Google Scholar4. Thorburn W: Three cases of "hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy" with remarks, Brit. M. J. 1: 1155, 1893. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Godlee RJ: Bone and joint changes in connection with thoracic disease, Brit. M. J. 2: 57, 116, 1896. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Springlethorpe JW: A case of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy, Brit. M. J. 1: 1257, 1895. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Craig JW: Hypertrophic pulmonary osteo-arthropathy as a first symptom of pulmonary neoplasm, Brit. M. J. 1: 750, 1937. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Van Hazel W: Joint manifestations associated with intrathoracic tumors, J. Thoracic Surg. 9: 495, 1939-40. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. TempleJaspin HLG: Hypertrophic osteo arthropathy, Am. J. Roentgenol. 60: 232, 1948. Google Scholar10. Berg R: Arthralgia as a first symptom of pulmonary lesions, Dis. of Chest 16: 483, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. PattisonBeckMiller JDEWB: Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in carcinoma of the lung, J. A. M. A. 146: 783, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Locke EA: Secondary hypertrophic osteo-arthropathy and its relation to simple club-fingers, Arch. Int. Med. 15: 659, 1915. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Frank HA: Hypertrophic pulmonary osteo-arthropathy simulating rheumatoid arthritis, New England J. Med. 246: 283, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Mendlowitz M: Clubbing and hypertrophic osteo arthropathy, Medicine 21: 269, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. LockeGrollman EAA: Clubbing and hypertrophic osteo arthropathy, Oxford Medicine, Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., vol. 4, Pt. 3, p. 447, 1943. Google Scholar16. GallBennettBauer EAGAW: Generalized hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, Am. J. Path. 27: 349, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. Cotton TF: Clubbed fingers as a sign of subacute infective endocarditis, Heart 9: 347, 1921-22. Google Scholar18. LibmanFriedberg ECK: Subacute bacterial endocarditis, 1948, Oxford University Press, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication February 16, 1953.From the Medical Service of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.Published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITISMusculoskeletal Manifestations of Bacterial EndocarditisMELVlN A. CHURCHILL Jr., M.D., JOSEPH E. GERACI, M.D., F.A.C.P., GENE G. HUNDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Infective endocarditis—1973RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (ELEVENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 September 1953Volume 39, Issue 3Page: 640-643KeywordsArthritisBoneEndocarditisLesionsMedical services Issue Published: 1 September 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...