Common causes of clubbing
Common causes of finger clubbing can be divided up according to the system with primary pathology:
- cardiovascular causes:
- cyanotic congenital heart disease
- infective endocarditis
- respiratory causes:
- lung carcinoma - usually squamous cell carcinoma
- pulmonary fibrosis, especially fibrosing alveolitis
- cystic fibrosis
- chronic pulmonary suppuration:
- bronchiectasis
- empyema
- lung abscess
The clubbing seen with bronchogenic carcinoma is often part of a hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.
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