Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and thyroid cancer.
We describe a case of aggressive undifferentiated thyroid cancer associated with rapidly evolving hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) that developed at the time of pulmonary dissemination of the thyroid neoplasm. The syndrome appeared to be paraneoplastic, possibly due to a substance normally cleared by the lungs.
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Institut Jules Bordet, Department of Surgery, Brussels, Belgium.
Delcorde
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Rahier
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Treille de Grandsaigne
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Famaey
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Body
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D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism