A case of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a child.
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is characterized by clubbing of the digital tips and periosteal reaction of long bones. Most of the cases are associated with malignancy or other conditions such as congenital heart disease, liver cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis, biliary atresia, and gastrointestinal polyps. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with malignancy is rare in children. A few cases of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in children with nasopharyngeal carcinoma have been reported, however, there has been no report of such case in Korea. We present a case of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma with lung metastasis in a 14-yr-old boy. In this case, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy regressed after intensive chemotherapy, but subsequently the patient died of progressive lung metastasis.
Sohn
Seung Hyun
SH
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
Ryu
Seung Hoon
SH
Kwon
Hyuk Chan
HC
Park
Mi Kyoung
MK
Lee
Sung Won
SW
Chung
Won Tae
WT
D000293:Adolescent; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010004:Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography