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Hypertrophic osteopathy is a bone disease secondary to cancer in the lungs. ==Presentation== It is characterized by new bone formation on the outside of the diaphyses of long bones of the limbs, without destruction of cortical bone. Symptoms include stiffness and warm, firm swelling of the legs, and signs of lung disease such as coughing and difficulty breathing, summary of presentation at human ... 1-clubbing ... 2-sever pain at wrist and distal part of radius and ulna .Hypertrophic osteopathy in humans differs from a similar condition in dogs, in that in humans it is usually caused by lung tumors or infections such as ''Mycobacterium fortuitum'' or ''Corynebacterium''. The most common cause in dogs is primary or metastatic pulmonary neoplasia. Other potential causes in dogs include heartworm disease, heart disease, and pulmonary abscesses. It has also been associated with nonpulmonary diseases such as renal tumors and rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder. At least once it has been caused by congenital megaesophagus in a six-year-old dog. Hypertrophic osteopathy is rare in cats. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「hypertrophic osteopathy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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