Pachydermoperiostosis and acro-osteolysis.

The authors present a case of pachydermoperiostosis associated with acroosteolysis. This is the first association of this type described in Italy, and it is only recently that foreign authors have reported the presence of acro-osteolysis in patients affected with pachydermoperiostosis. The results obtained from studies of the micro and macrocirculation in pachydermoperiostosis are reported