Digital clubbing associated with polymyositis and interstitial lung disease

K W Grathwohl; J W Thompson; K K Riordan; B J Roth; T A Dillard

doi:10.1378/chest.108.6.1751

Digital clubbing associated with polymyositis and interstitial lung disease

Chest. 1995 Dec;108(6):1751-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.108.6.1751.

Authors

K W Grathwohl¹, J W Thompson, K K Riordan, B J Roth, T A Dillard

Affiliation

¹ Pulmonary/Critical Care Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash., USA.

PMID: 7497797
DOI: 10.1378/chest.108.6.1751

Abstract

Clubbing of the fingers is commonly associated with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Although ILD occurs in as many as 40% of patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM), clubbing of the digits has never been reported to occur in patients with PM/DM and ILD. We report the first case of clubbing associated with PM/DM and ILD.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Dermatomyositis / complications
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / complications*
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / etiology*
Polymyositis / complications*