HYDATID CYST OF THE LUNG WITH CLUBBING
Authors: F A BASHOUR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 February 1961HYDATID CYST OF THE LUNG WITH CLUBBINGFOUAD A. BASHOUR, M.D.FOUAD A. BASHOUR, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-2-326 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptClubbing of the fingers and toes accompanies a variety of clinically unrelated diseases. It is present in certain pathologic conditions of the lung and pleura, in cyanotic heart disease, in subacute bacterial endocarditis, in sprue, in ulcerative colitis, in liver cirrhosis, and in myxedema following thyroidectomy.1, 2 It may also be a familial characteristic transmitted as a Mendelian dominant.3 With the advent of antibiotics, hypertrophic pulmonary arthropathy is most commonly associated with malignancy of the lung.4In this paper, the rare association of hydatid cyst of the lung and digital clubbing is described. The mechanism of clubbing and the vascular...Bibliography1. Mendlowitz M: Digital circulation. Grune and Stratton, New York, 1954. Google Scholar2. Editorial: Clubbing of fingers. Brit. Med. J. 1: 778, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Seaton D: Familial clubbing of the fingers and toes. Brit. Med. J. 1: 614, 1938. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. HammarstenO'Leary JJ: The features and significance of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Arch. Intern. Med. 99: 431, 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WiermanClagettMcDonald WTJ: Articular manifestations in pulmonary diseases. J. A. M. A. 155: 1459, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. GarabedianMatossianDjanian GRA: An indirect hemagglutination test for hydatid disease. J. Immun. 78: 269, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Bauer W: Diseases of the bones, in Cecil, R. L., Loeb, R. F.: Textbook of medicine, 8th Ed., W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, p. 1345, 1951. Google Scholar8. Biwas S: Generalized hypertrophic osteoarthropathy with gynecomastia. J. Indian Med. Ass. 25: 326, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Ginsburg J: Observations on the peripheral circulation in hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy. Quart. J. Med. 27: 335, 1958. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Flavell G: Reversal of pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy by vagotomy. Lancet 1: 260, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. SempleMcCluskie TR: Generalized hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in association with bronchial carcinoma. Brit. Med. J. 1: 754, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Mendlowitz M: Clubbing and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Medicine 21: 269, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Wilson G: Local circulatory changes associated with clubbing of the fingers and toes. Quart. J. Med. 12: 201, 1952. Google Scholar14. Lovell R: Observations on the nature of clubbed fingers. Clin. Sci. 9: 299, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. Jidejian Y: Personal communication. Google Scholar16. Bashour F: Arteriovenous oxygen difference in clubbed fingers. To be published. Google Scholar17. Silverstein E: Peripheral venous oxygen saturation in patients with or without liver disease. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 47: 513, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar18. KaltreiderFrayVan Zile Hyde NWH: The effect of age on the total pulmonary capacity and its subdivisions. Amer. Rev. Tuberc. 37: 662, 1938. Google Scholar19. ComroeForsterDuboisBriscoeCarlsen JHREABWAE: The lung—clinical physiology and pulmonary function test. The Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago, 1955. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Beirut,*Received for publication September 17, 1959.From the Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Fouad A. Bashour, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 35, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byL’hippocratisme digital pourrait-il être causé par l’hydatidose pulmonaire ?Association hippocratisme digital et hydatidose pulmonaireCirculatory and respiratory changes in patients with Laennec's cirrhosis of the liver 1 February 1961Volume 54, Issue 2Page: 326-331KeywordsEchinococcosisEndocarditisLiverLungsPulmonary diseasesReflexesResearch laboratoriesRespirationThyroidectomyUlcerative colitis Issue Published: 1 February 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...