Osteitis is the medical term for inflammation of bone tissue. In simple terms, it means the bone itself is reacting with redness, swelling, and sometimes pain, ...
Pseudogout, also known as calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD), is a joint condition where tiny calcium crystals build up in the cartilage and fluid ...
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Dactylitis refers to an inflammatory condition in which an entire finger or toe becomes diffusely swollen, often resembling ...
Neoplastic (leukemic) dactylitis is a rare form of “sausage digit” swelling caused not by infection or autoimmune disease, but by direct infiltration of ...
Traumatic dactylitis is a specific form of dactylitis—often called “sausage digit”—in which inflammation affects an entire finger or toe following a physical ...
Osteomyelitis‐induced dactylitis is the inflammation of an entire finger or toe (“digit”) that arises when an infection of the bone (osteomyelitis) spreads ...
Septic (pyogenic) dactylitis is an acute infection of a finger or toe—often called a “sausage digit”—characterized by rapid onset of pain, redness, warmth, and ...
Gouty dactylitis is a form of dactylitis—often called “sausage digit”—that arises when monosodium urate (MSU) crystals deposit in the soft tissues of a finger ...
Sarcoid dactylitis is a rare form of sarcoidosis in which clusters of inflammatory cells called granulomas collect in the bones of the fingers or toes. Unlike ...
Tuberculous dactylitis, also called spina ventosa, is a form of skeletal tuberculosis in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects the short tubular bones of ...
Spina Ventosa, also known as tubercular dactylitis, is a rare form of skeletal tuberculosis affecting the short tubular bones of the hands and feet. It derives ...
Dactylitis is the diffuse swelling of an entire finger or toe—often called a “sausage digit”—that occurs when inflammation involves the flexor tendon sheaths, ...
Psoriatic arthritis–related dactylitis, often called “sausage digit,” is a hallmark feature of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) characterized by diffuse swelling of ...
Infectious (Septic) Dactylitis is a specific form of dactylitis in which an invading pathogen—most often bacteria—infects the bone (osteomyelitis) and ...
Reactive dactylitis, often called “sausage digit,” refers to a diffuse swelling of an entire finger or toe that arises as part of reactive arthritis. In ...
Tenosynovitis-predominant dactylitis is a form of sausage digit in which inflammation of the tendon sheaths (tenosynovium) drives the characteristic swelling ...
Psoriatic dactylitis, often called “sausage digit,” is the swelling of an entire finger or toe due to inflammation of joints, tendon sheaths, and soft tissues. ...
Sickle cell dactylitis, often called “hand–foot syndrome,” is one of the earliest painful complications of sickle cell disease. It happens when sickled red ...
Dactylitis—often called “sausage digit”—is a medical term describing uniform swelling of an entire finger or toe. This swelling gives the digit a sausage-like ...
Costochondral enthesitis is an inflammatory condition that affects the point where the ribs meet the costal cartilage of the chest wall. This junction—known as ...
Medial epicondyle enthesitis is a condition in which the spot where the forearm flexor and pronator tendons attach to the inner (medial) bony bump of the elbow ...
Enthesitis refers to inflammation at the enthesis, the specific site where a tendon or ligament attaches to bone. In this condition, the normal collagen fibers ...
Plantar fascia enthesitis is the inflammation of the enthesis—the specialized zone where the plantar fascia (the thick band of tissue supporting the foot’s ...
Insertional Achilles enthesitis is a painful inflammation occurring where the Achilles tendon attaches to the back of the heel (the posterosuperior aspect of ...
Achilles tendon enthesopathy is a condition in which the tendon that connects the calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus) to the heel bone (calcaneus) becomes ...
Achilles enthesitis, also known as Achilles tendon enthesopathy or insertional Achilles enthesitis, is inflammation at the point where the Achilles tendon ...
Fibrocartilaginous enthesitis is inflammation at the site where a tendon, ligament, or joint capsule attaches to bone—specifically at an enthesis that normally ...
Fibrous enthesitis is a form of inflammation that affects the fibrous attachments where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules connect to bone—known as ...
Crystalline enthesitis refers to inflammation at the enthesis—the site where tendons or ligaments attach to bone—caused by the local deposition of microscopic ...
Traumatic enthesitis is the painful inflammation that occurs at the exact spot where a tendon, ligament, or joint capsule attaches to bone—known as the ...
Septic enthesitis is an infection of the enthesis, the site where a tendon or ligament attaches to bone. In this condition, bacteria (or, less commonly, fungi ...
Calcific enthesitis is a condition characterized by calcium deposits forming at the sites where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules attach to bone—known as ...
Mechanical (overuse) enthesitis is an inflammatory condition affecting the entheses—the sites where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules attach to ...
Inflammatory enthesitis is a condition where the body’s defense system mistakenly attacks the enthesis—the spot where a tendon, ligament, or joint capsule ...
Enthesis (plural: entheses) refers to the anatomic junction where connective tissues—such as tendons, ligaments, joint capsules, or bursae—attach to bone. ...
Chronic enthesitis is a persistent inflammation of the enthesis, the point where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules attach to bone. In healthy tissue, the ...
Acute enthesitis is inflammation at the site where a tendon, ligament, or joint capsule attaches to bone (the enthesis). This inflammation develops ...
Axial enthesitis is the inflammation of entheses—the sites where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules attach to bone—specifically within the axial skeleton ...
Peripheral enthesitis is the inflammation of entheses located outside the spine—specifically, the sites where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules attach to ...
Enthesitis is the inflammation of the entheses—the critical junctions where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules attach to bone. These fibrocartilaginous or ...
Gouty arthritis mutilans is an exceptionally rare and severe form of chronic tophaceous gout in which long-standing urate crystal deposits (tophi) lead to ...
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Mutilans is an extremely rare, but profoundly destructive form of chronic arthritis that occurs in children under 16 years ...
Rheumatoid arthritis mutilans is a rare, severe form of long‐standing rheumatoid arthritis characterized by aggressive bone resorption and joint destruction ...
Psoriatic arthritis mutilans (PAM) is the rarest and most severe form of psoriatic arthritis, characterized by profound joint inflammation that leads to bone ...
Arthritis mutilans is a rare, severe form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by aggressive bone and joint destruction, most often affecting the hands and ...
