Digital Clubbing Associated With Polymyositis and Interstitial Lung Disease

Clubbing of the fingers is commonly associated with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Although ILD occurs in as many as 40% of patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM), clubbing of the digits has never been reported to occur in patients with PM/DM and ILD. We report the first case of club...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1995-12, Vol.108 (6), p.1751-1752
Hauptverfasser:	Grathwohl, Kurt W., Thompson, James W., Roth, Bernard J., Dillard, Thomas A., Riordan, Kathyrn K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences bronchoalveolar lavage clubbing dermatomyositis Dermatomyositis - complications Female Humans interstitial lung disease Lung Diseases, Interstitial - complications Medical sciences Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - etiology Pneumology polymyositis Polymyositis - complications Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	Clubbing of the fingers is commonly associated with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Although ILD occurs in as many as 40% of patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM), clubbing of the digits has never been reported to occur in patients with PM/DM and ILD. We report the first case of clubbing associated with PM/DM and ILD.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.108.6.1751