J Korean Med Sci.  2003 Oct;18(5):761-763. 10.3346/jkms.2003.18.5.761.

A Case of Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy Associated with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in a Child

• Sohn SH
• Ryu SH
• Kwon HC
• Park MK
• Lee SW
• Chung WT

• KMID: 1130054
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2003.18.5.761

Abstract

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is characterized by clubbing of the digital tips and periosteal reaction of long bones. Most of the cases are associated with malignancy or other conditions such as congenital heart disease, liver cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis, biliary atresia, and gastrointestinal polyps. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with malignancy is rare in children. A few cases of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in children with nasopharyngeal carcinoma have been reported, however, there has been no report of such case in Korea. We present a case of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma with lung metastasis in a 14-yr-old boy. In this case, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy regressed after intensive chemotherapy, but subsequently the patient died of progressive lung metastasis.

Keyword

Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Bone and Bones/radiography
Carcinoma/*diagnosis/mortality
Disease Progression
Fatal Outcome
Human
Joint Diseases/pathology
Lung Neoplasms/mortality/*secondary
Male
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms/*diagnosis/mortality
Neoplasm Metastasis
Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic/*diagnosis/mortality/radiography
Prognosis