Breif Report

Finger Clubbing Associated With Laxative Abuse

Authors: AMOS PINES MD, DAVID OLCHOVSKY MD, JOSEPH BREGAMN MD, NAOMI KAPLINSKY MD, OTTO FRANKL MD

Abstract

SUMMARYWe have added two cases of finger clubbing in laxative-abusing patients to the four other cases recorded in the literature. Laxative abuse should be added to the already long list of diseases in which clubbing may appear. The pathopysiologic basis of clubbing is still obscure.

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