[Pachydermoperiostosis. A case report].
BACKGROUND
The pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) or primitive hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is a rare hereditary disease.


METHODS
We report a 22-year-old man born to consanguineous marriage who presented presented with PDP. This patient disclosed an arthropathy, a clubbing, a diffuse periostosis, and a pachyderma of the hands, the feet and the forehead. All the examinations that were performed to look for an etiology remained negative. Diagnosis of PDP was considered and the patient treated with colchicine.


CONCLUSIONS
We discuss the diagnostic issues raised by PDP, especially with the secondary HOA and chronic inflammatory rheumatisms.
Kabi
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F
Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Ibn-Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc. kabi_fatiha@yahoo.fr
Mkinsi
O
O
Janani
S
S
Raissouni
N
N
D000328:Adult; D003078:Colchicine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010004:Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography
D006074:Gout Suppressants; D003078:Colchicine