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[A smoker with progressive knee complaints].

Simone Velthuis, T Weits, Marcel Th M van Rens

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A 70-year-old smoker was referred for X-rays of both painful knees. Both femora showed signs of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Chest radiography demonstrated a tumour in the upper lobe of the right lung. The patient was diagnosed with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (Marie-Bamberger syndrome).

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A 70-year-old smoker was referred for X-rays of both painful knees. Both femora showed signs of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Chest radiography demonstrated a tumour in the upper lobe of the right lung. The patient was diagnosed with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (Marie-Bamberger syndrome).

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A 70-year-old smoker was referred for X-rays of both painful knees. Both femora showed signs of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Chest radiography demonstrated a tumour in the upper lobe of the right lung. The patient was diagnosed with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (Marie-Bamberger syndrome).

Key concepts: Medicine, Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, Spinal osteoarthropathy, Radiography, Lung, Radiology, Surgery, Dermatology

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