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ArticleCureus2025

Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy as an Initial Manifestation of Lung Cancer.

Sarra K Mohamed Ahmed, Yara K Mohamedahmed, Lana Fadl, Dalia Salih, Razan K Mohamedahmed

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sarra K Mohamed AhmedInternal Medicine, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, GBR.
Yara K MohamedahmedInternal Medicine, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, GBR.
Lana FadlInternal Medicine, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Walsall, GBR.
Dalia SalihGeriatrics, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, GBR.
Razan K MohamedahmedInternal Medicine, Al-Adwani General Hospital, Taif, SAU.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA) is a paraneoplastic syndrome characterised by digital clubbing, periostitis, and arthralgia, most commonly secondary to lung malignancy. This case report presents a man in his 60s with a long history of smoking and asbestos exposure who developed progressive wrist and ankle pain, limb swelling, and enlargement of the hands and feet over eight months. He was initially investigated for rheumatoid arthritis due to positive rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies, but repeated chest X-rays were normal. A CT scan later revealed a left lower lobe lesion, and biopsy confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. This case underscores the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for paraneoplastic syndromes such as HPOA when unexplained arthropathy and digital clubbing occur, even in the absence of respiratory symptoms.

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digital clubbinglung cancernon-small cell lung carcinomaparaneoplastic syndromerheumatoid arthritis mimicunexplained arthralgia

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PMID41368025
PMCPMC12683190

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