The spectrum of soft tissue and skeletal abnormalities of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

摘要: We review our radiographic experience with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Soft tissue abnormalities such as finger clubbing, "elephant feet" and cutis verticis gyrata are well appreciated by plain radiography. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is characterized a bone remodeling process at the tip of digits. In older patients it manifested tuftal hypertrophy whereas in younger individuals acroosteolysis takes place. Radiographic signs inflammatory arthropathy conspicuously absent. Periosteal proliferation an orderly evolving 3 dimensions: number affected bones, area involvement given shape periostitis.