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Radiology Skeletal System 649f225d

Tufting of distal phalanx is characteristically seen in?

A
Gout
B
Psoriatic arthrophathy
C
Hypoparathyroidism
D
Paget's disease
High-Yield Explanation
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

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