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"EROSIVE OSTEOARTHRITIS"

“ Also known as inflammatory osteoarthritis, this is a variant of osteoarthritis characteristically involving the interphalangeal joints of ...

Also known as inflammatory osteoarthritis, this is a variant of osteoarthritis characteristically involving the interphalangeal joints of the hand.
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  • Interphalangeal joint space loss.
  • Prominent marginal osteophytes.
  • Central erosions give a ‘gullwing’ appearance.
  • Proliferative synovitis may cause ankyloses.
Erosive osteoarthritis. X-ray of the left hand demonstrating an arthropathy of the interphalangeal joints with joint space loss and central erosions (‘gullwing’ appearance [white arrow]).