Pachydermoperiostosis in a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection referred as acromegaly: a case report.
Yacoba AtiaseErnest YorkeJosephine AkpaluBismark Opoku-AsarePatrick AdjeiMaame Boatemma Amissah-ArthurAlbert AkpaluPublished in: Journal of medical case reports (2018)
The possible role of hepatitis B in hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, that is, secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, needs to be explored; however, with digital clubbing in his father our patient is likely to have pachydermoperiostosis.
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