HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY CAUSED BY LIPOID PNEUMONIA

Authors
HUGOSSON C BAHABRI S RIFAI A ALDALAAN A
Citation
C. Hugosson et al., HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY CAUSED BY LIPOID PNEUMONIA, Pediatric radiology, 25(6), 1995, pp. 482-483
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
482 - 483
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1995)25:6<482:HOCBLP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A case of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a 5-year-old Saudi boy is p resented. The child developed painful joints, was found to have clubbi ng of fingers and radiologically hypertrophic osteoarthropathy was dem onstrated. The underlying cause of the condition was ingestion of anim al fat in infancy, with a history of ghee oil aspiration which caused a chronic lung inflammation, lipoid pneumonia, proven by lung biopsy.