dactylitis (sausage digit)

Introduction

Inflammation of the fingers & toes

Etiology

• seronegative arthropathies
  • psoriatic arthritis
  • ankylosing spondylitis
  • reactive arthritis (Chlamydia trachomatis)
  • Reiter's syndrome
• sickle-cell disease
• infectious conditions
  • tuberculosis
  • leprosy
  • syphilis
  • gonococcal arthritis
• sarcoidosis
• in young children
  • tuberculosis
  • sarcoidosis
  • syphilis
• elderly
  • HLA B-27 associated arthropathies

Pathology

• enthesitis
• inflammation of an entire finger or toe
• in sickle-cell disease as result of a vasoocclusive crisis with bone infarcts

Clinical manifestations

• pain & swelling of inflamed finger or toe
• one or more involved digits
• generally chronic condition

More general terms

• inflammation

More specific terms

• tuberculous dactylitis; spina ventosa