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KMID : 0356619930080040439
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Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology
1993 Volume.8 No. 4 p.439 ~ p.444
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pachydermoperiostosis Mimicking Acromegaly
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이홍규
김종호/김종유/박혜영/신언수/장환준/한인수/강문호
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Abstract
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ABSTRACT
@EN Pachydermoperiostosis is a rare condition of unknown etiology, characterized by digital clubbing, periosteal new bone formation and thickening of skin as a triad. Enlarged fingers and coarse facial features with thick, furrowed and oily skin
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give rise to appearances simulating acromegaly. We describe three brothers with pachydermoperiostosis, one of whom had been misdiagnosed as having acromegaly and received hypophysectomy. The clinician should pay attention to the true diagnosis by
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presence of clubbing and periosteal new bone formation and the lack of growth hormone excess despite the diagnostic pitfall due to the gross features mimicking acromegaly. (J Kor Soc Endocrinol 8:439~444, 1993).
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