Acropathia ulcero-mutilans acquisita of the upper limbs

Authors
Vanhooteghem, O Lateur, N Hautecoeur, P Wiart, T
Citation
O. Vanhooteghem et al., Acropathia ulcero-mutilans acquisita of the upper limbs, BR J DERM, 140(2), 1999, pp. 334-337
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology,"da verificare
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
ISSN journal
00070963 → ACNP
Volume
140
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
334 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(199902)140:2<334:AUAOTU>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report an 80-year-old woman with a bilateral mutilating acro-osteolysis of the fingers progressing over a period of 3 years. As the patient refused nerve or muscle biopsies, our diagnosis of acropathia ulcero-mutilans acqu isita or Bureau-Barriere syndrome, characterized by osteolysis, remains hyp othetical. Sporadic sensory mutilating acropathy of the upper limbs is rare , and we discuss the differential diagnosis.