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Acroosteolysis is resorption of the distal bony phalanges. Acroosteolysis has two patterns of resorption in adults: diffuse and bandlike. The diffuse pattern of resorption has a widely diverse differential diagnosis which includes, but is not limited to, the following: pyknodysostosis, collagen vascular disease and vasculitis, Raynaud`s neuropath....
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ak′rō-os-tē-ol′i-sis Definitions: 1. Congenital condition manifested by palmar and plantar ulcerating lesions with osteolysis involving distal phalanges of the fingers and toes. Acquired acroosteolysis has been reported in workers exposed to vinyl chloride. There is an autosomal disorder, Cheney syndr...
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acroosteolysis, acro-osteolysis Osteolysis (a softening and destruction of bone) involving the distal (farthest from the center, from a medial line, or from the trunk) phalanges of the fingers and toes.
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