Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy HOA

• Facts:
  Digital clubbing is accompanied by sudden onset arthropathy, commonly affecting wrist and hand joints
• Diagnosis:
  CXR (rule out lung cancer )
• Notes:
  Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (subset of HOA)
• Associated With:
  Lung cancer
  Tuberculosis
  Bronchiectasis
  COPD
• Risk Factors:
  Smoking history