Acro-osteolysis associated with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and pachydermoperiostosis

Radiology. 1985 Feb;154(2):343-4. doi: 10.1148/radiology.154.2.3966121.

Abstract

The authors report two cases of marked acro-osteolysis. One patient, a 16-year-old boy, had hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy associated with bronchiectasis, clubbing of the digits, synovitis, and osseous changes. The other patient, a 55-year-old man, had pachydermoperiostosis as well as synovial hypertrophy, clubbing of the digits, blepharitis, and a cataract. While the association of acro-osteolysis and pachydermoperiostosis has been reported before, this appears to be the first verified case of acro-osteolysis combined with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Resorption / etiology*
  • Fingers / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / complications*
  • Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / complications*
  • Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteolysis / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteolysis / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Toes / diagnostic imaging*