Symptom
Nail clubbing
A bulbous enlargement of the distal phalanges with soft-tissue overgrowth, increased Lovibond angle (>180°), loss of the normal nail bed-nail plate angle, and sponginess of the nail bed. Often associated with systemic cardiopulmonary (lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, bronchiectasis, lung infections/abscesses, cyanotic congenital heart disease, infective endocarditis, aortic aneurysm) or gastrointestinal disease (liver cirrhosis, IBD, celiac disease), thyroid acropachy, and primary (idiopathic) clubbing.
Also known as: Digital clubbing, Clubbing of the fingers, Hippocratic fingers, Hippocratic nails, Drumstick fingers, Watch-glass nails, Acropachy
Referencing diagnoses
- Cardiomyopathy
- COPD
- Endocarditis
- Graves disease
- Hyperthyroidism
- Lung cancer
- Mitral regurgitation
- Respiratory acidosis
- Tuberculosis
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.