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Incomplete form of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a patient with breast cancer
Vandemergel X. , Ilisei D. , Hardy S. , Lefebvre M.
Rev Med Liege 2015, 70(10),486-487Abstract : Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is sometimes the paraneoplasic manifestation of cancer of pulmonary origin. It is rarely present in case of breast cancer, even at a metastatic stage. In its complete form, this entity includes periostitis (predominantly bilateral and affecting upper and lower limbs), digital clubbing and, rarely, arthritis. We report the case of a female patient with metastatic breast cancer and an incomplete form of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, clearly asymetric and without digital clubbing.
