Rheumatic manifestations associated with lung diseases

Abstract

Rheumatic manifestations in the more prevalent lung diseasessuch as asthma, chronic pulmonary disease or pneumonia are notfrequent. Exceptions to this rule are represented by lung cancerand sarcoidosis, where the appearance of the digital clubbing,hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, and arthtritis can correspond to thefi rst symptoms of the illness.

Keywords

• Osteoarthropathy
• primary hypertrophic
• Arthritis
• Paraneoplastic syndromes