Condition characterized by bulbous swelling of the tips of the fingers and toes.
A thickening of the ends of the fingers and toes, a sign of many different diseases.
Condition of the fingers and toes in which their ends become wide and thickened; clubbing is often a symptom of disease, especially heart or lung disease.
Increased curvature of fingertips due to long-term oxygen supply to the extremities.
A condition often caused by chronic lung disease in which the tips of the fingers or toes become enlarged and the area where the nail emerges from the nail bed becomes rounded. Clubbing may be caused by diseases other than lung disease. The condition is sometimes unrelated to disease and is hereditary.
Thickening of the tissues at the bases of the finger- and toenails so that the normal angle between the nail and the digit is filled in. The nail becomes convex in all directions and in extreme cases the digit end becomes bulbous like a club or drumstick. Clubbing is seen in pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, empyema, infective endocarditis, cyanotic congenital heart disease, and lung cancer and as a harmless congenital abnormality.
The term applied to the thickening and broadening of the fingertips — and, less commonly, the tips of the toes — that occurs in certain chronic diseases of the lungs and heart. It is due to interstitial oedema especially at the nail bed, leading to a loss of the acute angle between the nail and the skin of the finger. Clubbing is associated with lung cancer, empyema, bronchiectasis and congenital cyanotic heart disease.
An enlarged terminal phalanx of the finger. Excessive growth of the soft tissues of the ends of the fingers gives the fingers a sausage or drumstick appearance when viewed from above, and a beaked appearance when viewed from the side. Increased soft tissue is deposited beneath the cuticle, resulting in a fingertip that is thinner at the distal interphalangeal joint than at the base of the nail. Clubbing may be present in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial fibrosis of the lungs, cyanotic congenital heart disease, carcinoma of the lung, bacterial endocarditis, and many other illnesses.
Clubbing is a phenomenon characterized by the curvature and enlargement of the fingertips observed in individuals afflicted with pulmonary disorders.
Clubbing refers to the thickening and widening of the fingertips and toe tips, often accompanied by a noticeable curvature of the nails. This condition is commonly associated with specific chronic lung disorders like lung cancer, bronchiectasis, and fibrosing alveolitis. It can also occur in certain heart abnormalities and, though rarely, in the inflammatory bowel diseases Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
An elongated, club-like deformity of the fingertips or toes that becomes apparent in individuals with chronic heart and lung conditions.