National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Clubbing of Fingers
Synonyms

Hippocratic Fingers

Finger Clubbing

Clubbing of Fingers

Drumstick Fingers

Clubbing

Definitions

An abnormal enlargement of the terminal phalanges accompanied by increased length-wise curvature of the nails, giving the digits a club-like appearance. Clubbing has been noted with a wide variety of conditions, including pulmonary and cardiac diseases, liver disorders, and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C34491

ALT_DEFINITION

A clinical finding in which the distal phalanx of each finger appears rounded and bulbous, the nail plate is more convex, and the angle between the plate and the proximal nail fold appears increased to Greater than or equal to 180 degrees on visual inspection.

code

C34491

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C89506

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C167409

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C99147

Contributing_Source

ACC/AHA

NICHD

DEFINITION

An abnormal enlargement of the terminal phalanges accompanied by increased length-wise curvature of the nails, giving the digits a club-like appearance. Clubbing has been noted with a wide variety of conditions, including pulmonary and cardiac diseases, liver disorders, and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

FULL_SYN

Hippocratic Fingers

Finger Clubbing

Clubbing of Fingers

Drumstick Fingers

Clubbing

label

Clubbing of Fingers

Legacy Concept Name

Clubbing_of_Fingers

Preferred_Name

Clubbing of Fingers

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C34491

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C2750268

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85489

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