Pulmonary cancer and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Brief recurrence of the osteoarticular symptoms after surgical resection.
A case of adenocarcinoma of the lung in a 57 years old patient associated with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is reported by the authors. The paraneoplastic manifestation occurred after the pulmonary symptoms and receded spontaneously after a right inferior lobectomy was performed. Osteoarticular symptoms returned near after a tumoral recurrence. Articular pains disappeared 48 hours after the tumoral recurrence resection of the chest wall and clubbing disappeared completely after the 3rd. week.
Pereira
J R
JR
Instituto do Câncer Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho, São Paulo, Brazil.
Aguiar Neto
J R
JR
Ikari
F K
FK
Nikaedo
S M
SM
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*