BACKGROUND Measurement of skin involvement is essential for diagnosis and prognosis in systemic sclerosis. Assessment by palpation skin score is the current method. OBJECTIVE To explore high frequency ultrasound as an objective method to improve skin characterisation by combining measurements of skin thickness and echogenicity. METHODS Skin thickness and echogenicity were measured at the pr...

The authors present the case of a 54-year-old female who developed a painful compression lesion localized to the medial aspect of the base of the distal phalanx of the great toe as a complication of hallux valgus surgery. Preoperative radiographic evaluation of the patient’s foot revealed the first ray to be longer than the second, a 12° first intermetatarsal angle, a 33° hallux abductus angle,...

Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a benign tumor that it is not generally seen in the foot and even less frequently in the phalanx (2-4%). The diagnosis when its location is intra-articular is a challenge and often delayed because the symptoms mimic a real arthritis. We report a clinical case involving a 16-year-old male patient who complained of persistent pain of the interphalangeal joint (IPJ) of the ...

The internal, anatomical disintegration of the hoof, which accompanies the acute episode, is initially, invisible to the naked eye. With the passage of time however the hoof begins to display the effects wrought upon on it by the pathology of the acute phase. If the initial lamellar pathology is mild the clinical signs of laminitis may abate as the distal phalanx lamellar attachment apparatus r...

BACKGROUND Traumatic amputation of the digit requiring revision amputation at the level of the proximal phalanx provides the opportunity to improve flexor function via tenodesis of the remaining flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) tendon. Salvage of the remaining FDS and performing flexor tenodesis to the proximal phalanx allows increased flexion at the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint. METHO...

avulsion injury of the flexor digitorum profundus (fdp) with concomitant fracture of the distal phalanx dorsal base is uncommon. simultaneous avulsion fractures of the insertion of this tendon associated with rupture of the tendon from the bony fragment and combination with dorsal base fracture is very rare and also complicated. a 36- year- old man fell and injured his right little finger. fdp ...

Background: Both primary and secondary tumors can develop in distal phalanx of the hand presenting as lytic lesions. The presence of a lytic lesion in the distal phalanx has been a dilemma making the differential diagnoses, prognosis, and treatment of these lesions challenging. Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the patients who were presented with a lytic lesion in their distal ph...

Digital radiographs are often used to subjectively assess the equine digit. Recently, quantitative and objective radiographic measurements have been reported that give new insight into the form and function of the equine digit. We investigated a radio-dense curvilinear profile along the distal phalanx on lateral radiographs we term the Palmar Curve (PC) that we believe provides a measurement of...