title: Effective symptomatic relief of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy by video-assisted thoracic surgery truncal vagotomy.
abstract: Various modalities for the treatment of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA) associated with lung cancer have been suggested since 1958. Although the etiology remains speculative, unilateral vagotomy on the side of the lung cancer achieves symptomatic relief. We report a case of a 50-year-old woman with disabling HPOA and inoperable lung cancer who experienced effective pain relief and regained full mobility after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was used to perform truncal vagotomy. This relatively safe and simple procedure should be considered for terminal lung cancer patients with intractable HPOA.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: Rasheed A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: Narain
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moorjani
authors.forename: Khalid M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Amer
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014628:Vagotomy