Acroosteolysis

Introduction: Acroosteolysis

Description of Acroosteolysis

Acroosteolysis: An occupational disease occurring mostly in people who work with polyvinylchloride plastic materials. Signs include Raynaud's phenomenon, bone loss in hands and cold sensitivity. An inherited, nonoccupational form of the disease may also occur.

Acroosteolysis: [MIM*102400] 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 syndrome [MIM*102500], in which this finding is combined with sutural (wormian) bones, hypoplasia of the mandibular rami, and basilar osteoporosis.Cheney syndrome. [acro- + G. osteon, bone, + lysis, loosening]
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Acroosteolysis: 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.
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Acroosteolysis: 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.
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Terms associated with Acroosteolysis:

Terms Similar to Acroosteolysis:

• Acro-osteolysis
• Acroosteolysis

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Related Topics

• Osteolysis, Essential

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More specific terms for Acroosteolysis:

• Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome

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Broader terms for Acroosteolysis

• Bone Diseases, Developmental
• Osteolysis

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The following terms can be used for Acroosteolysis

• skeletal disorder

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Hierarchical classifications of Acroosteolysis

The following list attempts to classify Acroosteolysis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
  • Bone Diseases
    • Bone Diseases, Developmental
      • Acro-Osteolysis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
  • Bone Diseases
    • Bone Resorption
      • Osteolysis
        • Acro-Osteolysis

External links related to: Acroosteolysis

• acro-osteolysis
• acro-osteolysis

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