Acro-osteolysis
Dr MT Niknejad and Dr Yuranga Weerakkody et al.
Acro-osteolysis refers to terminal tuft bony erosions. It is associated with a heterogeneous group of pathological entities and, some of which can be remembered by using the mnemonic PINCH FO.
Multiple involvement
- primary acroosteolysis - Hajdu-Cheney syndrome
- psoriatic arthritis
- hyperparathyroidism
- polyvinyl chloride exposure
- insensitivity to pain
- ergot poisoning
- thermal injury
- extreme cold : frost bite
- extreme heat : burns
- leprosy
- juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA/JIA)
- dermatomyositis
- vascular occlusion 5
- Raynaud disease
- scleroderma 4
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