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  2. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy - Wikipedia

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    Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is one of many distant effect disorders due to cancer, with lung cancer being the most common cause but also occurring with ovarian or adrenal malignancies. A distant effect disorder, or a paraneoplastic syndrome , affects distant areas and thus is not related to local compression or obstruction effects from the tumor.

  3. Signs and symptoms of Graves' disease - Wikipedia

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    Some studies lay the cause for hyperthyroid tremor with a heightened beta-adrenergic state, others suggest an increased metabolism of dopamine. [8] [9] Weakness or muscle weakness (especially in the large muscles of the arms and legs). This latter occurs in 60 to 80 percent of patients with untreated hyperthyroidism. [10]

  4. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [3] [4] Cancer can be difficult to diagnose because its signs and symptoms are often nonspecific, meaning they may be general phenomena that do not point directly to a specific disease process. [5]

  5. Nail clubbing - Wikipedia

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    Clubbing is associated with lung cancer, lung infections, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, or cardiovascular disease. [5] Clubbing may also run in families, [5] and occur unassociated with other medical problems. [6] [7] Clubbing has been recognized as a sign of disease since the time of Hippocrates. [5]

  6. Superficial thrombophlebitis - Wikipedia

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    A fourfold increased incidence from the third to the eight decade in men and a preponderance among women of approximately 55-70%. [24] The average mean age of affected patients is 60 years. [16] Thrombophlebitis can develop along the arm, back, or neck veins, the leg is by far the most common site.

  7. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    In short, the main criteria for the diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy are: the patient must have experienced a stressor before the symptoms began to arise; the patient's ECG reading must show abnormalities from a normal heart; the patient must not show signs of coronary blockage or other common causes of heart troubles; the levels of ...

  8. Cardiac myxoma - Wikipedia

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    Palpitations – Sensation of feeling your heart beat; Chest pain or tightness; Sudden Death (In which case the disease is an autopsy finding) The symptoms and signs of left atrial myxomata often mimic mitral stenosis. General symptoms may also be present, such as: [3] Cough

  9. Palpitations - Wikipedia

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    Palpitation may be associated with coronary heart disease, perimenopause, hyperthyroidism, adult heart muscle diseases like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital heart diseases like atrial septal defects, [4] [2] diseases causing low blood oxygen such as asthma, emphysema or a blood clot in the lungs; previous chest surgery; [2] kidney ...