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Acro-Osteolysis

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Definition: A condition with congenital and acquired forms causing recurrent ulcers in the fingers and toes. The congenital form exhibits autosomal dominant inheritance; the acquired form is found in workers who handle VINYL CHLORIDE. When acro-osteolysis is accompanied by generalized OSTEOPOROSIS and skull deformations, it is called HAJDU-CHENEY SYNDROME.     
See Also Osteolysis, Essential
Examples Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome
Other names Acro-Osteolysis Syndrome; Acro Osteolysis; Acroosteolysis Syndrome; Acroosteolysis; Acro-Osteolysis Syndromes
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Keratosis palmoplantaris with periodontopathia and onychogryposis  0   *Papillon-Lefevre Disease *Acro-Osteolysis.
Penttinen-Aula syndrome  0   *Progeria *Limb Deformities, Congenital *Acro-Osteolysis.
Van Bogaert-Hozay syndrome  0   *Blepharoptosis *Decalcification, Pathologic *Intellectual Disability *Strabismus *Craniofacial Abnormalities *Acro-Osteolysis.
Mandibuloacral dysplasia with type A lipodystrophy  0   *Lipodystrophy *Acro-Osteolysis Mandible/abnormalities.
Acroosteolysis dominant type  0   *Acro-Osteolysis.

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