Diagnosis of digital clubbing by high‐frequency ultrasound imaging

Abstract

We present a new, easy, convenient method for the diagnosis of digital clubbing using ultrasound. We also discovered a new parameter for the diagnosis of clubbing fingers and identification of pseudodigital clubbing, the SDUN. The increased SDUN might be taken as an early sign of digital clubbing.

The Microanatomic Basis of Finger Clubbing — A High-resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

“…Ultrasound has been used to evaluate finger clubbing, but there have not been any comprehensive MRI studies for evaluating finger clubbing, except for 1 case report using contrast-enhanced 3-D MR angiography describing hypervascularization in the terminal digits in clubbing 5,8 . Ultrasound has been used to evaluate finger clubbing, but there have not been any comprehensive MRI studies for evaluating finger clubbing, except for 1 case report using contrast-enhanced 3-D MR angiography describing hypervascularization in the terminal digits in clubbing 5,8 .…”

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“…Ultrasound in PHO may show echogenic tissue surrounding the long bones, likely a reflection of edema and inflammatory tissue. 40,41 …”