title: [Pachydermoperiostosis (primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy)].
abstract: A case of pachydermaperiostosis in a 16 year old male is presented. The main clinical features were bilateral mechanical gonalgia, acropachy, bilateral palpebral ptosis and hyperhydrosis. The diagnosis was confirmed by X-ray, showing a wide, symmetric periostosis. The literature is reviewed and the differential diagnosis is commented on.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Reumatología, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gómez Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atanes Sandoval
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graña Gil
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aspe de la Iglesia
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Souto Crespo
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Comesaña Castro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010004:Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics
vernacular_title: Paquidermoperiostosis (osteoartropatía hipertrófica primaria).