Pachydermoperiostosis in a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection referred as acromegaly: a case report
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Pachydermoperiostosis in a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection referred as acromegaly: a case report
BACKGROUND Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy also known as pachydermoperiostosis is a rare genetic disorder that has often been confused with acromegaly because of similar clinical features. Vascular endothelial growth factors which have been implicated in the clinical features of pachydermoperiostosis, have also been shown to be present in chronic hepatitis and implicated in the malignant ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-018-1578-2