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Dedos de las manos y pies en palillo de tambor - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Dedos hipocráticos o hipocratismo digital

Definición:

Los dedos en palillo de tambor corresponden a un engrosamiento de la carne que se encuentra por debajo de la uña de los dedos de manos y pies. La uña se curva hacia abajo, de manera similar a la forma de la parte redondeada de una cuchara volteada al revés.

Consideraciones generales:

El hipocratismo digital está asociado con un amplio número de enfermedades y se nota con más frecuencia en las enfermedades cardíacas y pulmonares que causan una cantidad de oxígeno en la sangre inferior a lo normal.

El hipocratismo digital también puede deberse a un cáncer pulmonar, al igual que a enfermedades del hígado y del tubo digestivo.

Esta afección también se puede presentar en familias, en cuyo caso puede no deberse a una enfermedad subyacente.

  • Fecha de revisión: 11/12/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Andrew Schriber, M.D., F.C.C.P., Specialist in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

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Spicknall KE. Clubbing: an update on diagnosis, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, and clinical relevance. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005;52(6):1020-1028

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