title: Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy without radiographic evidence of new bone formation.
abstract: A 70-year-old man with florid symptoms of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy for over a year presented without radiographic evidence of new bone formation. His symptoms improved after exploratory thoracotomy, but recurred with lesser severity a year later with tumour recurrence on the chest wall. Absence of new bone formation was again demonstrated radiologically as well as by isotope scan.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D001846:Bone Development; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography