ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2014
Pachydermodactyly: a review.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pachydermodactyly: a systematic review.Irish journal of medical science · 2021Pooled it
- The wider implications of dactylitis beyond psoriatic arthritis.Communications medicine · 2026Review
- Pachydermodactyly: A Diagnostic Pitfall in Adolescents Referred to Pediatric Rheumatology for Suspected Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Pachydermodactyly: An Underdiagnosed Condition in Adolescence-A Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in dermatological medicine · 2025Article
- Successful Resolution of Pachydermodactyly in an Adolescent Boy.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Inflammatory conditions of the pediatric hand and non-inflammatory mimics.Pediatric radiology · 2022Article
- Painful pachydermodactyly in a 39-year-old woman: A case report and review of the literature.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Pachydermodactyly presenting as juvenile idiopathic arthritis in an adolescent man.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Heterotopic ossification after local steroid injection.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- [Cutaneous disorders caused by physical damage mimicking rheumatic diseases].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2020Review
- Pachydermodactyly: A Case Report of a Little-Known and Benign Form of Digital Fibromatosis.The American journal of case reports · 2020Article
- Pachydermodactyly - A Case Report and Review of Literature.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2019Article
- Swollen digits due to pachydermodactyly resembling inflammatory arthritis.European journal of rheumatology · 2019Article
- Two Cases of Pachydermodactyly Presenting as Polyarthritis.Case reports in dermatological medicine · 2018Article
- Symmetrical fusiform swellings around the proximal interphalangeal joints.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2015Article
- Pachydermodactyly, mimicker of rheumatoid hands, presents in a patient with Tuberous Sclerosis.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
- The Boy with Thick Fingers.Indian dermatology online journalArticle
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Abstract
Synovitis is the characteristic feature of inflammatory joint disease. If synovitis is localized to interphalangeal joints, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis are among the most common differential diagnoses. The absence of pain, tenderness, and limitation of function despite progressive swelling of proximal interphalangeal joints suggests an alternative diagnosis, for example pachydermodactyly (PDD). This is a benign disease, associated with asymptomatic, progressive swelling of periarticular soft tissue, which usually occurs in young males. PDD is probably the result of repetitive mechanical stimulation. One hundred and twenty-one cases have been reported in the literature. Some of these were initially misdiagnosed and treated for inflammatory arthritis. We provide a comprehensive review of the literature on pachydermodactyly to promote awareness of this rare but important differential diagnosis of arthritis.
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