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 (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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, ...
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, 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 ...
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 ...
Shoulder tuberculous arthropathy is a condition that affects the shoulder joint due to tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that commonly affects the lungs but can also ...
