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SAUSAGE DIGIT [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-11-16

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.

CONT

Synovial thickening in a tendon sheath, common in Reiter's syndrome or psoriatic arthritis, produces a "sausage" finger or "sausage" toe appearance. In general, synovial swelling is most pronounced on extensor surfaces of joints where the capsule is more distensible.

OBS

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

OBS

Definition from the International Dictionary of Medicine and Biology, 1986, vol. 1, p. 794.

French

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

Gonflement rouge ou violacé de l'orteil qui présente un aspect boudiné; l'inflammation vive des interphalangiennes, souvent associée à une ténosynovite, évoque un rhumatisme psoriasique, mais s'observe aussi dans le syndrome de Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter et les arthrites des entéropathies.

OBS

Définition d'après Pathologie des orteils, 1985, pp. 136, 143 et Maladies des os et des articulations, 1982, p. 759k

Spanish

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

Término formado a partir de la fuente Diccionari Enciclopèdic de Medicina, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1990.

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Record 2 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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