Unusual Presentation of Thymic Carcinoma: Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy.
- Author:
Seok Jin KIM
1
;
Jae Hong SEO
;
Chul Won CHOI
;
Eung Seok LEE
;
Bo Kyoung SEO
;
Jun Suk KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kjs6651@kumc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Review
- Keywords:
Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy (HOA);
Thymic Cancer
- MeSH:
Carcinoma/complications/*diagnosis;
Female;
Human;
Middle Aged;
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic/*etiology;
Thymus Neoplasms/complications/*diagnosis
- From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2003;18(2):125-128
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is characterized by clubbing and periosteal new bone formation along the shaft of the long bones of the extremities. Although various intrathoracic malignancies have been associated with the development of HOA, it has been extremely rare for HOA to occur in a patient with a thymic carcinoma. Recently, we experienced a 63-year-old woman diagnosed as a thymic carcinoma with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. She had both digital clubbing and cortical thickening in her lower extremities identified radiologically. We herein describe this case with a review of the literature.
