MeSH definition : A condition with congenital and acquired forms causing recurrent ulcers in the fingers
and toes. The congenital form exhibits autosomal dominant inheritance; the acquired
form is found in workers who handle VINYL CHLORIDE. When acro-osteolysis is accompanied
by generalized OSTEOPOROSIS and skull deformations, it is called HAJDU-CHENEY SYNDROME.;
A condition with congenital and acquired forms causing recurrent ulcers in the fingers
and toes. The congenital form exhibits autosomal dominant inheritance; the acquired
form is found in workers who handle VINYL CHLORIDE. When acro-osteolysis is accompanied
by generalized OSTEOPOROSIS and skull deformations, it is called HAJDU-CHENEY SYNDROME.