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Toe dactylitis

MedGen UID:
629796
•Concept ID:
C0457085
•
Finding
Synonyms: Dactylitis of toe; Sausage toe; Sausage toes
SNOMED CT: Dactylitis of toe (710813008); Sausage toe (277891000)
 
HPO: HP:0031091

Definition

Toes appear swollen and plump owing to inflammation of the complete toe. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVToe dactylitis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of Dactylitis and Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis with Biologic Agents: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis.
Mourad A, Gniadecki R
J Rheumatol 2020 Jan;47(1):59-65. Epub 2019 Mar 1 doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180797. PMID: 30824641
Ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of psoriatic dactylitis.
Kane D, Greaney T, Bresnihan B, Gibney R, FitzGerald O
J Rheumatol 1999 Aug;26(8):1746-51. PMID: 10451072
Juvenile psoriatic arthritis: followup and evaluation of diagnostic criteria.
Roberton DM, Cabral DA, Malleson PN, Petty RE
J Rheumatol 1996 Jan;23(1):166-70. PMID: 8838527

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Dactylitis, a term for different digit diseases.
Olivieri I, Scarano E, Padula A, Giasi V, Priolo F
Scand J Rheumatol 2006 Sep-Oct;35(5):333-40. doi: 10.1080/03009740600906677. PMID: 17062430
Isolated peripheral enthesitis and/or dactylitis: a subset of psoriatic arthritis.
Salvarani C, Cantini F, Olivieri I, Macchioni P, Niccoli L, Padula A, Ferri S, Portioli I
J Rheumatol 1997 Jun;24(6):1106-10. PMID: 9195517

Diagnosis

Clinical images: toe dactylitis revealing late Lyme borreliosis.
Levy E, Morruzzi C, Barbarini A, Sordet C, Cribier B, Jaulhac B, Lipsker D
Arthritis Rheum 2012 Apr;64(4):1293. Epub 2012 Jan 24 doi: 10.1002/art.34395. PMID: 22275216
Fast spin echo-T2-weighted sequences with fat saturation in toe dactylitis of spondyloarthritis.
Olivieri I, Scarano E, Padula A, D'Angelo S, Salvarani C, Cantini F, Niccoli L, Barozzi L
Clin Rheumatol 2008 Sep;27(9):1141-5. Epub 2008 Jun 5 doi: 10.1007/s10067-008-0882-4. PMID: 18528727
Imaging of psoriatic arthritis.
Olivieri I, Scarano E, Padula A, D'Angelo S
Reumatismo 2007;59 Suppl 1:73-6. doi: 10.4081/reumatismo.2007.1s.73. PMID: 17828350
Isolated peripheral enthesitis and/or dactylitis: a subset of psoriatic arthritis.
Salvarani C, Cantini F, Olivieri I, Macchioni P, Niccoli L, Padula A, Ferri S, Portioli I
J Rheumatol 1997 Jun;24(6):1106-10. PMID: 9195517
Toe dactylitis in patients with spondyloarthropathy: assessment by magnetic resonance imaging.
Olivieri I, Barozzi L, Pierro A, De Matteis M, Padula A, Pavlica P
J Rheumatol 1997 May;24(5):926-30. PMID: 9150083

Prognosis

Imaging of psoriatic arthritis.
Olivieri I, Scarano E, Padula A, D'Angelo S
Reumatismo 2007;59 Suppl 1:73-6. doi: 10.4081/reumatismo.2007.1s.73. PMID: 17828350

Clinical prediction guides

Fast spin echo-T2-weighted sequences with fat saturation in toe dactylitis of spondyloarthritis.
Olivieri I, Scarano E, Padula A, D'Angelo S, Salvarani C, Cantini F, Niccoli L, Barozzi L
Clin Rheumatol 2008 Sep;27(9):1141-5. Epub 2008 Jun 5 doi: 10.1007/s10067-008-0882-4. PMID: 18528727
Imaging of psoriatic arthritis.
Olivieri I, Scarano E, Padula A, D'Angelo S
Reumatismo 2007;59 Suppl 1:73-6. doi: 10.4081/reumatismo.2007.1s.73. PMID: 17828350

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