Recurrent hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy in an adult with bronchiectasis

Abstract

Abstract Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA) is a well‐documented complication of pulmonary malignancy and cystic fibrosis (CF). However, HPOA associated with exacerbations of non‐CF bronchiectasis has only been reported once previously in an adolescent. We describe a case of an adult patient with bronchiectasis and HPOA, whose joint symptoms flared during pulmonary exacerbations and improved with treatment of each exacerbation.

Keywords

• Bronchiectasis
• clubbing
• hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy