Thursday, 20 May 2010

Causes of clubbing

Idiopathic

Lung
  • Suppurative lung disease (bronchiectasis, empyema, abscess)
  • Malignancy
  • Fibrosis
Cardiac
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Cyanotic congenital heart disease
GIT
  • IBD
  • Cirrhosis
Thyroid
  • Thyroid acropachy (due to autoimmune thyroid disease)

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