title: [Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is a syndrome frequently described in intrathoracic diseases, especially malignant ones. The association with lung tuberculosis is rarely reported. The authors describe the case of a 35-year-old patient, a smoker, hospitalised for lung cavitation associated with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. The assessment of the aetiology was negative and the patient underwent lung surgery. The histopathological examination concluded as to chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. This report aims at alerting physicians about the possibility of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in non malignant diseases, especially pulmonary tuberculosis which is still endemic in our country.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie I, hôpital Abderrahman Mami, Ariana, Tunisia. imen.aissa@rns.tn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aissa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messadi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boudaya
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: El Mezni
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kilani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghédira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents