Hajdu-Cheney syndrome is an autosomal dominant acroosteolysis syndrome, in which clinical and radiological abnormalities develop at different stages of life. A 26-year-old woman visited our rheumatology clinic for progressive shortening of her terminal phalanges. Radiographs showed acro-osteolysis and classic midphalangeal band-like resorption of the terminal phalanges affecting multiple digits...

Market research indicates that fingerprints are still the most popular biometric modality for personal authentication. Even with the onset of new modalities (e.g. vein matching), many applications within different domains (e-ID, banking, border control...) and geographies rely on fingerprints obtained from the distal phalanges (a.k.a. sections, digits) of the human hand structure. Motivated by ...

Introduction: Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common malignant mesenchymal tumor of the bone, and mostly affects the long bones around the knee. Osteosarcoma of short tubular bones such as those of the foot is extremely rare and accounts for less than 1% of all cases. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of OS of the middle and distal phalanges of the little toe. Case Rep...

including calcium and phosphorus were normal. Growth hormone, PTH, and his lipid profile were within normal range. Thyroid hormone profile showed FT3-2.44 pg/ml, TSH (Third generation) was 14uIU/ml. Anti-TPO antibodies were >1000 IU/ml, ANA and rheumatoid factor were negative. Old healed tubercular lesions were evident in the chest X-ray, high resolution and contrast enhanced CT scan of the tho...

Atelosteogenesis is a rare chondrodysplasia characterised by rhizomelic short limbed dwarfism, thoracic hypoplasia, multiple joint dislocations, talipes equinovarus, and early death. The diagnosis is confirmed radiologically: short, distally tapering humeri, absent or hypoplastic fibulae, deficient vertebral ossification with coronal clefting, and anarchic ossification of phalanges are characte...

A male infant is described with severe micrognathia and bilateral duplication of the proximal phalanges of the index fingers, an association which is characteristic of the Catel-Manzke syndrome. In addition, he had dislocatable knees, which have not been described in this disorder before.

We describe additional phenotypic features in a boy and his mother. Both manifested the phenotypic/genotypic correlation of oto-palato-digital syndrome type II. The mother's radiographs showed wormian bones of the skull, and paranasal bossing, her feet showed bilateral fusion of the cuboid with the lateral cuneiform bone with subsequent development of metatarsus varus associated with dysplastic...