Prevalence and clinical characteristics of dactylitis in spondylarthritis: a descriptive analysis of 275 patients

• Published in: Clinical and experimental rheumatology Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 191 - 196
• Main Authors: PAYET, J, GOSSEC, L, DOUGADOS, M, PATERNOTTE, S, BURKI, V, DURNEZ, A, ELHAI, M, FABREGUET, I, KOUMAKIS, E, MEYER, M, ROURE, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pisa Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 01.03.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Diseases of the spine; Female; Fingers; Foot Deformities, Acquired - diagnosis; Foot Deformities, Acquired - epidemiology; Foot Deformities, Acquired - therapy; Hand Deformities, Acquired - diagnosis; Hand Deformities, Acquired - epidemiology; Hand Deformities, Acquired - therapy; Humans; Inflammation - diagnosis; Inflammation - epidemiology; Inflammation - therapy; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Paris - epidemiology; Prevalence; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Spondylarthritis - diagnosis; Spondylarthritis - epidemiology; Spondylarthritis - therapy; Toes; Paris; Human; Symptomatology; Prevalence; Dactylitis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Rheumatology; Spondylarthritis; Spine disease; Epidemiology; clinical characteristics; Inflammatory disease

Dactylitis is a common but little studied feature of spondylarthritis (SpA). Our objective was to assess the prevalence of dactylitis among a cohort of patients with spondylarthritis in a tertiary care centre and to describe the clinical characteristics of dactylitis. This was a prospective single c...