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HEBERDENS NODES [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Small hard nodules, formed usually on the dorsal aspect of the distal interphalangeal articulations of the fingers, produced by cartilaginous or bony enlargements and associated with interphalangeal osteoarthritis. They commonly develop in women at menopause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Nodosités sur la face dorsale des articulations atteintes, caractéristiques des arthroses interphalangiennes distales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 2 2000-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Cartilaginous and bony enlargements of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the fingers in degenerative joint disease.

OBS

Such nodules in the terminal interphalangeal joints are called Heberden's nodes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Nodosités des articulations interphalangiennes proximales, en particulier de l'index et du médius, dues à un gonflement articulaire, surtout de la face dorsale de l'articulation.

OBS

Leur signification n'est pas totalement élucidée. Si elles sont souvent le signe d'une arthrose, elles peuvent parfois correspondre à de véritables arthrites rhumatismales.

OBS

Il n'y a pas l'éperon ostéophytique postérieur caractéristique de la nodosité d'Heberden.

Spanish

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