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Treatment of resistant pain in hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy with subcutaneous octreotide.
Thorax
; 52(3): 298-9, 1997 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9093354
ABSTRACT
Pain in hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA) due to periostitis and arthropathy can be a particularly disabling symptom, and resistant to a wide variety of treatments. The effectiveness of subcutaneous octreotide in relieving this pain in a patient with HPOA is reported.