Hand deformities in a patient with chronic lung disease; Jaccoud's arthropathy.
Jaccoud's arthropathy is a syndrome of chronic progressive painless deformity of the hands and feet with surprisingly well preserved functions. The arthropathy has been known to develop subsequently to episodes of rheumatic fever. a patient is presented in this report with a clinical and radiologic finding indistinguishable from that of the Jaccound's arthropathy. However, the only associated illness is chronic lung disease.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications