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COUSSINETS PHALANGES [1 record]

Record 1 1994-01-24

English

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

Nodules about the size of a split pea on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints, consisting of new growths of fibrous tissue with thickening of the dermis and epidermis, and frequently associated with camptodactyly and Dupuytren's contracture: they are probably of genetic origin.

French

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

Lésions de fibrose dermique touchant la face d'extension des articulations des phalanges, caractérisées par des nodosités ovalaires, fermes, bien limitées, indolores et non végétantes souvent associées à la maladie de Dupuytren.

OBS

Définition d'après MEDEC, 1982, p. 204 et DOMEA, 1981, p. 277.

Spanish

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