Pulmonary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
Authors: H. EDWARD HOLLING
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Editorial Notes1 January 1967Pulmonary Hypertrophic OsteoarthropathyH. EDWARD HOLLING, M.D., F.A.C.P.H. EDWARD HOLLING, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-1-232 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe paradox that clubbing of the fingers usually occurs with pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, though most instances of clubbed fingers are not associated with osteoarthropathy, should halt those physicians who have adopted the grandiose but misleading habit of referring to clubbing of the fingers as pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Periosteal new-bone formation in osteoarthropathy is its distinct and unmistakable lesion and usually indicates cancer of the lung, but clubbing of the fingers itself has no such serious implication. 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