Acro-osteolysis
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Acro-osteolysis refers to resorption of the distal phalanx. The terminal tuft is most commonly affected but the shaft of the distal phalanx can also be affected in a few conditions. It is associated with a heterogeneous group of pathological entities and, some of which can be remembered by using the mnemonic PINCH FO.
Pathology
Multiple digits
Terminal tuft resorption
- scleroderma 4
- Raynaud disease
- psoriatic arthritis
- thermal injury
- extreme cold: frostbite
- extreme heat: burns, electricity
- trauma
- hyperparathyroidism
- epidermolysis bullosa
- porphyria
- drugs
- phenytoin (occurs in infants of epileptic mothers treated with phenytoin) 7
- ergot poisoning/abuse
- insensitivity to pain, e.g. leprosy
- juvenile chronic arthritis
- dermatomyositis
- vascular occlusion 5
- reactive arthritis 6
- pityriasis rubra pilaris (very rare skin condition) 8
- pachydermoperiostosis9
Midshaft resorption
- polyvinyl chloride exposure
- primary acro-osteolysis: Hajdu-Cheney syndrome
- hyperparathyroidism (also causes terminal tuft resorption)
Single digit
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References changed:
- 9. Resnick D. Acro-Osteolysis in Pachydermoperiostosis. Arch Intern Med. 1981;141(10):1387. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1981.00340100143036">doi:10.1001/archinte.1981.00340100143036</a>
- 9. Resnick D. Acro-Osteolysis in Pachydermoperiostosis. Arch Intern Med. 1981;141(10):1387. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1981.00340100143036">doi:10.1001/archinte.1981.00340100143036</a>
- 9-Resnick D. Acro-osteolysis in Pachydermoperiostosis. Arch Intern Med. 1981;141(10):1387. doi:10.1001/archinte.1981.00340100143036