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 ...