027 - Don't Miss this Diagnosis #2 - a podcast by NHPCOs MyNHPCO Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Community

027 - Don't Miss this Diagnosis #2

Dr Baumrucker discusses Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteopathy a rare but important syndrome palliative medicine caregivers are likely to encounter in their careers,

References:
Pourmorteza M, Baumrucker SJ, Al-Sheyyab A, Da Silva MA. Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy: A Rare But Treatable Condition in Palliative Medicine. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Aug;50(2):263-7.

Albrecht S, Keller A. Postchemotherapeutic reversibility of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a patient with bronchogenic adenocarcinoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2003;28(6):463-466.

Johnson SA, Spiller PA, Faull CM. Treatment of resistant pain in hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy with subcutaneous octreotide. Thorax. 1997;52(3):298-299.

Ooi A, Saad RA, Moorjani N, Amer KM. Effective symptomatic relief of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy by video-assisted thoracic surgery truncal vagotomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007;83(2):684-685.

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