Finger Clubbing

Question 1

What are the Respiratory causes of Finger clubbing?

Answer 1

Infectious

1. Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease
   
   • lung abscess
   • bronchiectasis
   • empyema
2. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia

Neoplastic causes

1. Bronchogenic carcinoma
2. Pleural or Mediastinal tumours e.g. mesothelioma

Congenital causes
1. Cystic fibrosis

Idiopathic causes
1. Idiopathic Lung Fibrosis

Question 2

What are the cardiovascular causes of clubbing?

Answer 2

1. Infective Endocarditis
2. Atrial myxoma
3. Cyanotic Heart Disease (Tetralogy of Fallot, Truncus arteriosus, Transposition of Great vessels, Tricuspid Artresia

Question 3

What are the Gastrointestinal causes of clubbing?

Answer 3

1. Cirrhosis
2. Ulcerative colitis
3. Crohn’s disease
4. Coeliac disease

Question 4

What is an example of an endocrine cause for finger clubbing?

Answer 4

1. Graves disease

Question 5

Miscellaneous cause of finger clubbing?

Answer 5

Congenital with no disease