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Acro-Osteolysis CHORUS

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Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00004.html

Description: loss of terminal tufts of digits; found in
* scleroderma / connective-tissue disease
* psoriatic arthritis
* Reiter disease
* frostbite(thumbs spared)/burns
* leprosy
* polyvinylchloride exposure
* hyperparathyroidism
* Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (they bite 'em off)
* cleidocranial dysostosis
* progeria
* pyknodysostosis (aplasia/hypoplasia of distal digits)
* sarcoidosis
* epidermolysis bullosa

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
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Language: English

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Added: Sat Mar 22 2008