Sausage digit is seen in? – Medicine MCQ

Sausage digit is seen in?
A. Rheumatoid arthritis
B. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
C. Enteropathic arthritis
D. Psoriatic arthritis

Correct answer : D. Psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic arthritisPsoriatic arthritis

  • Asymmetrical inflammatory oligoarthritis in seen in psoriatic arthritis.
  • It occurs mostly in hands and feet.
  • Synovitis of the finger or toe along with tenosynovitis, enthesitis and inflammation of the intervening tissue causes sausage digits.

Ref: Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine, 22nd edition, p1108
Image credits: James Heilman, MD. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psoriatic_arthritis2010.JPG

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