Clinical Diagnosis · Multiple Systems · Medium
Clubbing
Meaning: Bulbous swelling of the fingertips with loss of the normal angle between the nail plate and proximal nail fold.
In practice: Schamroth's window disappears; causes include lung cancer, infective endocarditis, cyanotic heart disease and cystic fibrosis.
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