Answer: VizD Challenge Week of 1/14/08

Congratulations to AMIB, this week's VizD winner.

Thank you to everyone who participated!

AMIB is the winner of $5


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Questions:
1. What is the diagnosis?
2. Name 3 conditions that this condition is associated with?




Answers:
1.
Digital Clubbing
The mechanism underlying clubbing is not known, but it is postulated that the end result is dilatation of the distal digital blood vessels with soft tissue hypertrophy

2.
-Clubbing may be hereditary, idiopathic, or acquired
-carcinoma, intrathoracic sepsis, bacterial endocarditis, cyanotic congenital heart disease, esophageal disorders, cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease, pulmonary disorders, atrial myxoma, repeated pregnancies, pachydermoperiostosis, thyroid acropatch

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