Axial osteosclerosis
Axial osteosclerosis means the bones of the axial skeleton become extra dense and hard. The axial skeleton is the spine, ribs, sternum, and pelvis. In axial osteosclerosis, X-rays show these bones ...
Arthritis, and Chronic Pain (A – Z)
Phlebectatic Osteohypoplastic Angiodysplasia
Phlebectatic osteohypoplastic angiodysplasia—much better known to clinicians as Servelle–Martorell syndrome (SMS)—is a rare, congenital venous malformation that mostly affects one limb. The hallmark ...
Angio Osteohypotrophic Syndrome
Angio-osteohypotrophic syndrome (Servelle–Martorell syndrome) is a very rare, congenital (present at birth) vascular anomaly. The core problem is a network of abnormally formed, slow-flow veins ...
Giant Cell Arteritis
Giant cell arteritis is a serious condition in which the walls of medium- and large-sized arteries (the blood vessels carrying blood away from the heart) become inflamed (swollen, red, and painful). ...
Osteitis
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, much like inflammation in other parts ...
Pseudogout
Pseudogout, also known as calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD), is a joint condition where tiny calcium crystals build up in the cartilage and fluid of a joint. These crystals can fall ...
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Dactylitis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Dactylitis refers to an inflammatory condition in which an entire finger or toe becomes diffusely swollen, often resembling a “sausage digit.” It is a ...
Neoplastic (Leukemic) Dactylitis
Neoplastic (leukemic) dactylitis is a rare form of “sausage digit” swelling caused not by infection or autoimmune disease, but by direct infiltration of malignant blood cells—most often leukemic ...
Traumatic Dactylitis
Traumatic dactylitis is a specific form of dactylitis—often called “sausage digit”—in which inflammation affects an entire finger or toe following a physical injury to that digit. In general, ...
Osteomyelitis-Induced Dactylitis
Osteomyelitis‐induced dactylitis is the inflammation of an entire finger or toe (“digit”) that arises when an infection of the bone (osteomyelitis) spreads into the surrounding soft tissues, ...
Septic (Pyogenic) Dactylitis
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 diffuse swelling of the entire digit. ...
Gouty Dactylitis
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 or toe, causing painful, diffuse ...
Sarcoid Dactylitis
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 more common pulmonary sarcoidosis, ...
Syphilitic Dactylitis
Tuberculous dactylitis, also called spina ventosa, is a form of skeletal tuberculosis in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects the short tubular bones of the hands or feet. Unlike acute pyogenic ...
Spina Ventosa
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 its name from the characteristic ...
Ankylosing Spondylitis–Related Dactylitis
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, joint capsules, and surrounding soft ...
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