Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a child with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

We report a 13-year-old boy with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, skull metastases and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Although the metastases and the primary tumour responded well to chemotherapy, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy persisted during follow-up.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric radiology 2000-08, Vol.30 (8), p.570-572
Hauptverfasser:	VARAN, A, KUTLUK, T, DEMIRKAZIK, F. B, AKYÜZ, C, BÜYÜKPAMUKCU, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma - complications Carcinoma - diagnosis Carcinoma - secondary Carcinoma - therapy Combined Modality Therapy Diseases of the osteoarticular system Follow-Up Studies Frontal Bone Humans Lymphatic Metastasis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - complications Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - diagnosis Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - therapy Neoplasm Metastasis Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - diagnosis Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - diagnostic imaging Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous) Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology Parietal Bone Radiography Skull Neoplasms - diagnosis Skull Neoplasms - secondary Time Factors Tumors Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a 13-year-old boy with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, skull metastases and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Although the metastases and the primary tumour responded well to chemotherapy, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy persisted during follow-up.
ISSN:	0301-0449 1432-1998
DOI:	10.1007/s002470000250