Pachydermoperiostosis

Attention is drawn to the differences and similarities of the two conditions known as idiopathic (primary) and pulmonary (secondary) hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. null The typical clinical picture of idiopathic hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, better called pachydermoperiostosis, is described: a familial disorder affecting young males most often, with insidious onset and a usually painless and self-limited course, associated with clubbing of the...