title: Finger clubbing associated with laxative abuse.
abstract: We have added two cases of finger clubbing in laxative-abusing patients to the four other cases recorded in the literature. Laxative abuse should be added to the already long list of diseases in which clubbing may appear. The pathophysiologic basis of clubbing is still obscure.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications; D002400:Cathartics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics