Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as haemoglobin S. Sickle cell disease changes the shape of blood cells into a crescent ...

Uncertainty about future care and life impacts were among the top concerns for patients with psoriatic arthritis, but not for physicians, who highly prioritized individual symptoms, according to data ...

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Enthesitis can also occur with another common symptom of PsA, dactylitis. This is a painful inflammation of a finger or a toe. Enthesitis can cause long-lasting (chronic) inflammation, which can ...

The database was searched for patients with dactylitis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the population and χ 2 tests to relate dactylitis to radiographic changes. Results: Dactylitis was ...

Objective Dactylitis is a hallmark of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) where flexor tenosynovitis is common. This study explored the microanatomical basis of dactylitis using high-resolution MRI (hrMRI) to ...

Results At baseline, patients with hyperuricaemia were mostly male, reported a higher prevalence of hypertension, with more clinical dactylitis, more psoriasis and more severe skin disease compared ...

Bronchoscopy washings were positive for acid fast bacillus suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis with tuberculous dactylitis. A detailed history and high index of suspicion is important as delay in ...

These issues are more common in adults, especially those with bunions, arthritis, or past foot injuries. Dactylitis: Swelling in the fingers or toes that creates a sausage-like appearance is known as ...

Spondyloarthritis (SpA), if not diagnosed and treated early, often leads to significant morbidity. Unfortunately, diagnosis and implementation of therapy are frequently delayed, in many cases by ...