Digital clubbing in sarcoidosis.
We present two cases with a rare association of sarcoidosis and clubbing. Therapy with prednisolone could not control the progress of interstitial fibrosis nor could clubbing be reversed. Both patients expired 5-1/2 years after diagnosis which suggests that clubbing, when present in sarcoidosis, may signify an unfavourable prognosis.
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Department of Clinical Research, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*