Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an early sign of pulmonary metastasis. 1995

R S Liu, and Y K Chen, and S H Yen, and Y K Chu, and L S Chu, and K Y Chen, and S H Yeh
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Cancer Centre, Taipai Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPO) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and assess its clinical significance. Altogether, 407 NPC patients were reviewed retrospectively. HPO was identified by 99Tcm-methylene diphosphonate bone scans and related clinical and radiographic evidence. Pulmonary metastases, bony metastases and titre of anti-Epstein Barr virus (EBV) immunoglobulin were assessed in patients with and without HPO. The patients had a mean (+/- S.D.) age of 50.4 +/- 12.4 (range 17-73) years. HPO was found in 27 of the 407 (6.6%) NPC patients, among whom 13 (48%) had pulmonary metastases. HPO preceded lung metastases by 7-22 months (14.4 +/- 6 months) in 7 (52%) patients. Six patients had overt lung metastases at the time of the bone scan. No significant difference was found in anti-EBV immunoglobulins between the patients with or without HPO, nor in the incidence of bony metastases between these two groups of patients. HPO should be regarded as an early sign of pulmonary metastases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006984 Hypertrophy General increase in bulk of a part or organ due to CELL ENLARGEMENT and accumulation of FLUIDS AND SECRETIONS, not due to tumor formation, nor to an increase in the number of cells (HYPERPLASIA). Hypertrophies
D008171 Lung Diseases Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG. Pulmonary Diseases,Disease, Pulmonary,Diseases, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Disease,Disease, Lung,Diseases, Lung,Lung Disease
D008175 Lung Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the LUNG. Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009303 Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the NASOPHARYNX. Cancer of Nasopharynx,Nasopharyngeal Cancer,Cancer of the Nasopharynx,Nasopharynx Cancer,Nasopharynx Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Nasopharyngeal,Cancer, Nasopharyngeal,Cancer, Nasopharynx,Cancers, Nasopharyngeal,Cancers, Nasopharynx,Nasopharyngeal Cancers,Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm,Nasopharynx Cancers,Nasopharynx Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Nasopharyngeal,Neoplasm, Nasopharynx,Neoplasms, Nasopharynx
D010005 Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic Symmetrical osteitis of the four limbs, chiefly localized to the phalanges and the terminal epiphyses of the long bones of the forearm and leg, sometimes extending to the proximal ends of the limbs and the flat bones, and accompanied by dorsal kyphosis and joint involvement. It is often secondary to chronic conditions of the lungs and heart. (Dorland, 27th ed) Clubbed Fingers,Marie-Bamberger Disease,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Secondary,Secondary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy,Clubbed Finger,Disease, Marie-Bamberger,Finger, Clubbed,Fingers, Clubbed,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathies, Secondary,Marie Bamberger Disease,Osteoarthropathies, Secondary Hypertrophic,Secondary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathies
D011877 Radionuclide Imaging The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph. Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D001847 Bone Diseases Diseases of BONES. Bone Disease,Disease, Bone,Diseases, Bone
D001859 Bone Neoplasms Tumors or cancer located in bone tissue or specific BONES. Bone Cancer,Cancer of Bone,Cancer of the Bone,Neoplasms, Bone,Bone Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Bone
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children

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