What is it about?
This is a treatable but often missed complication of lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases.
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Why is it important?
Missing this diagnosis may lead to increased and unnecessary suffering.
Perspectives
This was a real case that helped me to remember to look for this treatable complication in other patients.
Dr Steven J Baumrucker
Wellmont Health System
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This page is a summary of: Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy: A Rare But Treatable Condition in Palliative Medicine, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, August 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.02.005.
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