Case report: Schizophrenia and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, a rare syndrome hiding a life-threatening condition

Emna Baklouti; Mehdi Karoui; Rania Kammoun; Faten Ellouze

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5247

Case report: Schizophrenia and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, a rare syndrome hiding a life-threatening condition

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jan 12;10(1):e05247. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5247. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Emna Baklouti¹, Mehdi Karoui¹, Rania Kammoun¹, Faten Ellouze¹

Affiliation

¹ Psychiatry Department Razi Psychiatric Hospital Manouba Tunisia.

Abstract

Schizophrenia is associated to somatic disorders especially cardio-vascular and auto-immune. Through this case report, we describe an association with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HPO). For this patient, it was a paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to lung cancer. This syndrome is rare but important to recognize since it could hide a life-threatening condition.

Keywords: hypertrophic osteoarthropathy; oncology; paraneoplastic syndrome; schizophrenia; somatic comorbidity to schizophrenia.

Publication types

Case Reports