1. Osteoarthritis of the Fingers with Ankylosis
- Author
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Currier McEwen
- Subjects
Male ,musculoskeletal diseases ,Erosive osteoarthritis ,Ankylosis ,Immunology ,Osteoarthritis ,Arthritis, Rheumatoid ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Fingers ,Sex Factors ,Rheumatology ,Bony ankylosis ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Aged ,Orthodontics ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Radiography ,Female ,business ,Interphalangeal Joint - Abstract
Case reports are presented of 4 patients with what appeared to be quite usual Heberden's nodes with comparable involvement of proximal interphalangeal joints, but which progressed to erosive osteoarthritis resulting eventually in bony ankylosis of some distal and proximal joints.
- Published
- 1968
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