A wide array of Rheumatic disorders and drug therapies may affect the enthesis. These include Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout and connective tissue disorders. Several drugs can also contribute to enthesopathy related pains and dysfunction.
Dactylitis is diffuse inflammation or sausage like swelling of either a finger or toe. It may simultaneously involve more than one digit. It is derived from the Greek word dactylos which means finger ....
Dactylitis is diffuse inflammation or sausage like swelling of either a finger or toe. It may simultaneously involve more than one digit. It is derived from the Greek word dactylos which means finger ....
The enthesis has relatively few blood vessels, which collectively reduces the magnitude of any inflammatory reaction that can take place. Patients with skeletal pain may not have swelling and have nothing to see ....
Different types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) exist. The purpose of this section is to discuss the importance of enthesitis in JIA and how it is under recognised ....
Chest pain in Lupus is a potentially serious condition and can arise because of different problems. These include pleurisy (inflammation of the lung lining), pulmonary embolism (a blood clot), pericarditis (heart lining inflammation) ....
The attachments between the ribs and the breastbone are called costochondral joints. These insertion points may be associated with the development of chest pain. This page provides a case history of such a patient and also an anatomical explanation ....