sausage digit

The term sausage digit refers to the clinical and radiologic appearance of diffuse fusiform swelling of a digit due to soft-tissue inflammation from underlying arthritis or dactylitis.

Pathology

The common causes of sausage digit are

• psoriatic arthropathy
• osteomyelitis
• sickle cell anemia
• sarcoidosis
• tuberculous dactylitis (spina ventosa) 
• leukemia
• syphilitic dactylitis
• gout

Siehe auch:

• Osteomyelitis
• Sarkoidose
• Sichelzellenanämie
• Psoriasisarthritis
• tuberkulöse Daktylitis

und weiter:

• animal and animal produce inspired signs