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Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and pulmonary tuberculosis. 1986

J G Webb, and P Thomas

A case of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with pulmonary tuberculosis is described. This appears to be a definite, although rare, complication of tuberculosis and may be associated with severe and fulminant disease.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010004	Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic	A condition chiefly characterized by thickening of the skin of the head and distal extremities, deep folds and furrows of the skin of the forehead, cheeks, and scalp, SEBORRHEA; HYPERHIDROSIS; periostosis of the long bones, digital clubbing, and spadelike enlargement of the hands and feet. It is more prevalent in the male, and is usually first evident during adolescence. Inheritance is primarily autosomal recessive, but an autosomal dominant form exists.	Pachydermoperiostosis,Acropachy, Hereditary,Clubbing of Digits,Cranioosteoarthropathy,Currarino Idiopathic Osteoarthropathy,Digital Clubbing, Isolated Congenital,Familial Idiopathic Osteoarthropathy Of Childhood,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Primary, Autosomal Dominant,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Primary, Autosomal Recessive,Idiopathic Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy,Pachydermoperiostosis, Autosomal Dominant,Pachydermoperiostosis, Autosomal Recessive,Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Autosomal Dominant,Touraine-Solente-Gole Syndrome,Acropachies, Hereditary,Autosomal Dominant Pachydermoperiostoses,Autosomal Dominant Pachydermoperiostosis,Autosomal Recessive Pachydermoperiostosis,Cranioosteoarthropathies,Hereditary Acropachies,Hereditary Acropachy,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Idiopathic,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Primary,Osteoarthropathy, Currarino Idiopathic,Osteoarthropathy, Idiopathic Hypertrophic,Pachydermoperiostoses, Autosomal Dominant,Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy,Recessive Pachydermoperiostosis, Autosomal,Touraine Solente Gole Syndrome
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014397	Tuberculosis, Pulmonary	MYCOBACTERIUM infections of the lung.	Pulmonary Consumption,Pulmonary Phthisis,Pulmonary Tuberculoses,Pulmonary Tuberculosis,Tuberculoses, Pulmonary,Consumption, Pulmonary,Consumptions, Pulmonary,Phthises, Pulmonary,Phthisis, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Consumptions,Pulmonary Phthises