Korean J Intern Med.  2003 Jun;18(2):125-128.

Unusual Presentation of Thymic Carcinoma: Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kjs6651@kumc.or.kr
  • 2Department of Pathology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju, Korea.

Abstract

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is characterized by clubbing and periosteal new bone formation along the shaft of the long bones of the extremities. Although various intrathoracic malignancies have been associated with the development of HOA, it has been extremely rare for HOA to occur in a patient with a thymic carcinoma. Recently, we experienced a 63-year-old woman diagnosed as a thymic carcinoma with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. She had both digital clubbing and cortical thickening in her lower extremities identified radiologically. We herein describe this case with a review of the literature.

Keyword

Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy (HOA) ; Thymic Cancer

MeSH Terms

Carcinoma/complications/*diagnosis
Female
Human
Middle Aged
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic/*etiology
Thymus Neoplasms/complications/*diagnosis
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