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Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and regional enteritis

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A patient with Crohn's disease (Regional enteritis) and hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is described. Only 4 such patients have previously been reported. Unlike finger clubbing, hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy may not be an indicator of disease activity in regional enteritis.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Gastroenterology, The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin 1

    S. O'Neill, M. Ryan & J. F. Flelding

  2. Department of Radiology, The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin 1

    S. O'Neill, M. Ryan & J. F. Flelding

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O'Neill, S., Ryan, M. & Flelding, J.F. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and regional enteritis. I.J.M.S. 150, 385–386 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02938280

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