Lung carcinoma with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a teenager

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) characterised by arthralgia, clubbing and periosteal proliferation of long bones, is rarely encountered in children and adolescents. Whereas in adults over 80% of cases are associated with malignancy, in children the majority of cases are due to non-neoplastic cau...

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Main Authors: Miller, Rowan E., Illing, Rowland O., Whelan, Jeremy S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3070446/