Dactylitis
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'''Dactylytis''' or '''sausage digit''' is a fusiform swelling of an entire finger or toe, and can be painful.
The word dactyl comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word "daktylos" meaning "finger". In its medical term, it refers to both the fingers and the toes.
Dactylitis can occur in [[spondyloarthropathy|seronegative arthropathies]], such as [[psoriatic arthritis]] and [[ankylosing spondylitis]], in [[sickle-cell disease]] as result of a vasoocclusive crisis with bone infarcts, and in infectious conditions including [[tuberculosis]] and [[leprosy]].
In sickle-cell disease it is manifested for the first time between 6-9 month old infants.
[[Category:Inflammations]]
[[Category:Rheumatology]]
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[[fa:داکتیلیت]]