title: [Pachydermoperiostosis. A case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Ibn-Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc. kabi_fatiha@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kabi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mkinsi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raissouni
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006074:Gout Suppressants; D003078:Colchicine