interphalangeal osteoarthritis

interphalangeal osteoarthritis
a localized form of arthritis involving the finger joints, characterized by the formation of nodosities (Bouchard nodes and Heberden nodes) and degenerative changes with intermittent inflammatory episodes, and leading eventually to deformities and ankyloses.

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