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Acropathia ulcero‐mutilans acquisita of the upper limbs
Author(s) -
Vanhooteghem,
Lateur,
Hautecoeur,
Wiart
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02671.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteolysis , differential diagnosis , pustulosis , dermatology , pathology , surgery , osteitis , osteomyelitis
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 acquisita or Bureau–Barrière syndrome, characterized by osteolysis, remains hypothetical. Sporadic sensory mutilating acropathy of the upper limbs is rare, and we discuss the differential diagnosis.