Fingernail clubbing

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• Synonyms

  • Clubbing

• Causes

  • Bronchial carcinoma
  • Chronic suppurative lung disease
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Cyanotic congenital heart disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Mesothelioma
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
  • Atrial myxoma
  • Gastrointestinal lymphoma
  • Whipple's disease
  • Pachydermoperiostosis

• Effects

  • Shamroth sign

• Parents

  • Nail sign

• Description

  • "Loss of the normal <165� angle (Lovibond angle) between the nailbed and the fold."