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SAUSAGE FINGER [1 record]

Record 1 1990-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Swollen digit, in which the swelling involves not only the joint capsule but the extra-articular areas, commonly seen in psoriatic arthritis.

OBS

Definition from MBIOL, 1986, vol. 1, p. 794.

CONT

Psoriatic arthritis involving ... proximal [or distal] interphalangeal joints of an index finger with an associated flexor tenosynovitis ... gives rise to the so-called "sausage digit".

OBS

In this context, the English term "digit" mainly applies to the finger, but it could also refer to the toe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Doigt gonflé dans son ensemble (en particulier la membrane synoviale et la gaine tendineuse), caractéristique du rhumatisme psoriasique.

CONT

[Au cours du rhumatisme psoriasique,] lorsqu'il y a sur un même doigt une arthrite d'un interphalangienne distale, d'un interphalangienne proximale et une ténosynovite du tendon fléchisseur, le doigt prend un aspect particulier qui a été décrit par Weissenbach [...] sous le nom de "doigt en saucisse" : le doigt gonflé dans son ensemble est recouvert d'une peau oedématiée rouge et chaude.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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