Physical exam teaching on clubbing and Schamroth’s sign: Clubbing is the proliferation of connective tissue between the nail bed and distal phalanx, and can indicate underlying respiratory disease. Schamroth’s sign is the the obliteration in clubbed fingers of the diamond-shaped window that normally occurs when opposite fingers are opposed.
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