Clubbing is usually a sign of something else if it is not passed down from the relatives. đ¤ I wondered why did the doctor think it was idiopathic.
Pt got admitted for RTA. This was an incidental findings. There was no abnormalities related to the causes of clubbing. In Davidson's Medicine there you may notice it also mentioned as Idiopathic. Its not necessarily that there should a familial history for this.
The doctor thinks its idiopathic because he/she already ruled out all other possible causes if at all this was the patient's concern or Probably because it was an incidental finding on an exam for sth totally unrelated to the pt's complaints/presentation.
Lung disease, cancer of the lungs, liber disease, cystic fibrosis and a lot of other diseases that i cannot think of right now might cause clubbing of the fingers
