ACQUIRED PANDIGITAL CLUBBING

Digital clubbing.

Finger clubbing

Examination for the presence of finger clubbing is an important skill for medical students and doctors. This article describes a comprehensive, concise and evidence-based approach for assessing for the presence of finger clubbing which is consistent with The Principles of Clinical Examination[1]. We describe the signs seen in finger clubbing and, based on a review of the literature, the precisi...

Clubbing Masculinities:

This article adopts an interdisciplinary approach to understand the intersections of gender, sexuality, and dance. It examines the expressions of sexuality among gay males through culturally popular forms of club dancing. Drawing on political and musical history, I outline an account of how gay men’s gendered choreographies changed throughout the seventies, eighties and nineties. Through a noti...

Clubbing with ecstasy

In this issue, Parrot and Young present the results of temperature measurements in young individuals "partying" with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy). This editorial commentary briefly summarizes the main findings of their study, provides background gained from previous animal experiments, and reviews the implications for the development of future pharmacotherapies and harm r...

Idiopathic clubbing--a typical presentation.

A 22 year-old engineer student, resident of Dharma of Midnapur (WB), had marked swelling of the terminal digits since early adolescence (he first noticed swelling in his early adolescence and increases its size with age as per history)(Figure 1). Other members of his family did not have this finding. He did not have cyanosis, was not limited in terms of physical activity, and had no history of ...