Acro-osteolysis

Acroosteolysis is resorption of the distal bony phalanges. Acroosteolysis has two patterns of resorption in adults: diffuse and bandlike. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Distal phalangeal erosion
Erosion of terminal phalangeal tuft
Subtypes
Occupational acro-osteolysis
May Cause
Acquired short hands and feet
Asymmetrically small bones of one hand
Distal tapering of short tubular bones of the hands and feet
Early loss of teeth
Erosion of cortical bone surface
Hypoplastic terminal phalanges
Osteolysis
Polyostotic bone lesions in adults
Regional osteoporosis
Short and broad distal phalanges of hand
Short foot
Short hand
Thin and small distal phalanges of the hand
May Be Caused by
Acrodystrophic neuropathy
Acrogeria
Acroosteolysis-proximal symphangilism
Amniotic band syndrome
Arteriosclerosis obliterans
Biomechanical stress
Buerger disease
Bureau-Barriere syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Chemical acro-osteolysis
Chondrodysplasia punctata tibial-metacarpal type
Chondrodysplasia punctata X-linked recessive type
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Clubbing of fingers
Cochin Jewish disorder
Congenital insensitivity to pain
Dermatomyositis
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetic gangrene
Dysosteosclerosis
Ectodermal dysplasia
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Epidermolysis bullosa
Ergot
Familial brachydactyly B
Familial neurogenic acroosteolysis
Farber disease
Gout
Guitar playing
Hajdu-Cheney syndrome
Hunger osteopathy
Hydantoin
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Idiopathic phalangeal acroosteolysis
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Leprosy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Lethal osteosclerotic skeletal dysplasia
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Malabsorption syndrome
Mandibuloacral dysplasia
Meningococcemia
Meningomyelocele
Metastasis
Mixed connective tissue disease
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
Neuropathic disease
Osteitis
Osteomalacia
Osteopetrosis
Osteopoikilosis
Pachydermoperiostosis
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome
Phenobarbital
Pityriasis rubra
Plantar warts
Polymyositis
Polyvinyl chloride osteolysis
Porphyria
Precocious osteodysplasty
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Progeria
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Psoriasis
Psoriatic arthritis
Pyknodysostosis
Radiation injury
Raynaud disease
Reiter syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Satoyoshi syndrome
Scleroderma
Scorpion sting
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Sézary syndrome
Singleton-Merten syndrome
Sjögren syndrome
Snake venom
Spinal dysraphism
Syringomyelia
Tabes dorsalis
Thermal injury
Thevenard syndrome
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Trauma
Vinyl chloride exposure
Werner syndrome
Winchester syndrome
Distal phalangeal erosion
Erosion of terminal phalangeal tuft
Acrodystrophic neuropathy
Acrogeria
Acroosteolysis-proximal symphangilism
Amniotic band syndrome
Arteriosclerosis obliterans
Biomechanical stress
Buerger disease
Bureau-Barriere syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Chemical acro-osteolysis
Chondrodysplasia punctata tibial-metacarpal type
Chondrodysplasia punctata X-linked recessive type
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Clubbing of fingers
Cochin Jewish disorder
Congenital insensitivity to pain
Dermatomyositis
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetic gangrene
Dysosteosclerosis
Ectodermal dysplasia
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Epidermolysis bullosa
Ergot
Familial brachydactyly B
Familial neurogenic acroosteolysis
Farber disease
Gout
Guitar playing
Hajdu-Cheney syndrome
Hunger osteopathy
Hydantoin
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Idiopathic phalangeal acroosteolysis
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Leprosy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Lethal osteosclerotic skeletal dysplasia
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Malabsorption syndrome
Mandibuloacral dysplasia
Meningococcemia
Meningomyelocele
Metastasis
Mixed connective tissue disease
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
Neuropathic disease
Osteitis
Osteomalacia
Osteopetrosis
Osteopoikilosis
Pachydermoperiostosis
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome
Phenobarbital
Pityriasis rubra
Plantar warts
Polymyositis
Polyvinyl chloride osteolysis
Porphyria
Precocious osteodysplasty
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Progeria
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Psoriasis
Psoriatic arthritis
Pyknodysostosis
Radiation injury
Raynaud disease
Reiter syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Satoyoshi syndrome
Scleroderma
Scorpion sting
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Sézary syndrome
Singleton-Merten syndrome
Sjögren syndrome
Snake venom
Spinal dysraphism
Syringomyelia
Tabes dorsalis
Thermal injury
Thevenard syndrome
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Trauma
Vinyl chloride exposure
Werner syndrome
Winchester syndrome