Digital Clubbing
1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 107; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1378/chest.107.4.1172
ISSN1931-3543
AutoresRobert W. Ward, Robert Chin, John W. Keyes, Edward F. Haponik,
Tópico(s)Tracheal and airway disorders
ResumoDigital clubbing is a classic cutaneous manifestation of pulmonary disease, but its mechanism is unknown. We describe a patient with lung cancer and clubbing in whom positron emission tomography (PET) demonstrated, for the first time, that increased glucose metabolism occurs at the nailbed. PET may contribute to future investigations of digital clubbing.
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