UWorld Concept: Middle-aged smoker-clubbing + hypertrophic osteoarthropathy — not “cute fingers

Описание: We’re screening for lung cancer first (always), then TB, then the classic COPD / emphysema / chronic bronchitis family reunion.
Clubbing is never shy — it always means something is brewing deep.
Hands are snitching → listen.

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Description

Digital clubbing in adults is most commonly associated with pulmonary disease, especially lung cancer, chronic infections (such as TB), and chronic hypoxia in COPD. When clubbing and hand pain (hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) appear, the first step is always Chest X-ray. It’s not about the fingers — it’s about the lungs behind them.

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