What is the diagnosis?
Finger Clubbing
Pulmonary Causes:
Tumour (Bronchial Carcinoma, Mesothelioma), Chronic Pulmonary Sepsis (empyema, lung abscess, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis), Fibrosing Alveolitis, Asbestosis, Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy
NB. Chronic Bronchitis does not cause clubbing.
Cardiac Causes:
Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease, Infectious Endocarditis
Other Causes:
Idiopathic causes, · Cirrhosis, · Inflammatory Bowel Disease (eg Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis)
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