Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a child with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
We report a 13-year-old boy with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, skull metastases and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Although the metastases and the primary tumour responded well to chemotherapy, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy persisted during follow-up.
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Department of Paediatric Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Kutluk
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Demirkazik
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Akyüz
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Büyükpamukçu
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D000293:Adolescent; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005624:Frontal Bone; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010294:Parietal Bone; D011859:Radiography; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D013997:Time Factors