The Hajdu-Cheney syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

Pediatr Radiol. 1990;20(7):568-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02011397.

Abstract

Hajdu-Cheney syndrome which is also known as type VI idiopathic osteolysis is a rare disease transmitted autosomal dominantly. In this syndrome, osteolysis involves primarily the terminal phalanges. We describe here a 18-year-old boy with typical clinical and radiological signs of Hajdu-Cheney syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Fingers / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteolysis, Essential / diagnostic imaging*
  • Osteolysis, Essential / genetics
  • Radiography