title: Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy caused by lung metastasis of an osteosarcoma.
abstract: A case of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) caused by lung metastasis of an osteosarcoma in a 14-year-old boy and the remission of the HOA after intra-arterial chemotherapy is presented. The clinical, radiological and scintigraphic findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Karl Franzens University and Medical School, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Flueckiger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fotter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hausegger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urban
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary