acroosteolysis
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thumb|Early changes of acroosteolysis can be detected by x-ray. In this radiograph there is dissolution and fragmentation of the bone in several of the terminal phalanges.~CDC
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thumb|Early changes of acroosteolysis can be detected by x-ray. In this radiograph there is dissolution and fragmentation of the bone in several of the terminal phalanges.~CDC
Acroosteolysis is resorption of the distal bony phalanges. Acroosteolysis has two patterns of resorption in adults: diffuse and bandlike.
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