Tufting of distal phalanx is characteristically seen in?
Ans BTufting of distal phalynx is acroosteolysis caused heterogeneous group of pathological entities:Causes: (Remember as Mnemonic: PINCH OF Extremity- as it is almost as if the tip of the extremity is pinched off/resorbed)* Pyknodysostosis* Infection-Leprosy* Injury-Frostbite/electric injury* Neuropathic-Tabes dorsalls, Syringomyella, Diabetes* Cleidocranial dysplasia* Hyperparathyroidism* Other- Sarcoidosis, Kaposi's, Psoriasis* Familial disorders* Ergot poisoning
Gout
Psoriatic arthrophathy
Hypoparathyroidism
Paget's disease
Skeletal System