title: Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and breast cancer.
abstract: Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is an uncommon, poorly understood syndrome usually seen with bronchogenic carcinomas, and rarely with tumors metastatic to the lungs or mediastinum. In a review of the literature, we have found only 140 cases associated with nonbronchogenic intrathoracic tumors. We have reported a case associated with metastatic breast carcinoma in which surgical resection led to rapid disappearance of the syndrome and prolonged palliation for the patient.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging