pachydermoperiostosis
"idiopathic, familial hypertrophic osteoarthropathy"
- boys at puberty
- blacks > whites
- familial
- periosteal reaction
- proximal phalanges, distal long bones of legs and forearms
- cortical thickening without medullary narrowing
- thick skin: extremities + forehead
- hyperhidrosis
- relatively pain free
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2002-04-18