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Please name all of the diseases that feature clubbing of the fingernail. Thank you!
THERE IS THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF CLUBBING LIKE FAMILIAL CLUBBING
AND SECONDARY CLUBBING:
1-cvs:Cyanotic congenital heart disease, other causes of right-to-left shunting, and bacterial endocarditis
2-respiratory:Lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, empyema, pleural mesothelioma, fibrosing alveolitis, and pulmonary metastases
3-git - Ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver, leiomyoma of the esophagus, achalasia, and peptic ulceration of the esophagus.
4-some cancers: thymus cancer, Hodgkin disease.
You are gold, zkadhem!!! Thank you for your listing, big help for my reference. Bless you Smile
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