Acro-osteolysis (mnemonic)
Dr Jeremy Jones et al.
The causes of acro-osteolysis can be remembered using the mnemonic:
- PINCH FO
Mnemonic
- P - psoriasis / pyknodysostosis
- I - injury, e.g. thermal burn, frost bite
- N - neuropathy. e.g diabetes, leprosy
- C - collagen vascular disease, e.g. scleroderma, Raynaud disease
- H - hyperparathyroidism
- F - familial, e.g. Hadju-Cheney syndrome
- O - other, e.g. polyvinyl chloride exposure, progeria
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