PReS-FINAL-2270: Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy - a rare cause of swollen joints

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  • M Rodrigues
  • I Brito
چکیده

Introduction Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (PHO), also known as pachydermoperiostosis, is a rare genetic disease with excessive proliferation of skin and bone at the distal parts of extremities. Features include clubbing of the digits, periostitis of the long bones, hydrarthrosis, facial skin thickening and coarse facial features. It mostly affects males and has a bimodal peak of onset: in the first year of life and around puberty. Secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is associated with an underlying pulmonary, cardiac, hepatic, or intestinal disease, and is rarely found in children.

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دوره 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013