Vol 13, No 4 (2019)
Case report
Published online: 2020-01-03
Paraneoplastic hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and pain management: a case report
Palliat Med Pract 2019;13(4):248-251.
Abstract
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is a syndrome that consists of periostitis, digital clubbing, and painful
polyarthropathy. The management and prognosis of HOA is dependent on the underlying disease process.
Recognising and treating it accordingly will reduce the symptom burden of patients. We present a case
of a patient diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer and HOA suffering from severe pain, and review
specific therapies for the management of HOA-related pain.
Keywords: paraneoplastic hypertrophic osteoarthropathynon-small cell lung cancerdigital clubbingpainful polyarthropathy
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