Roentgen features of the rheumatoid mid- and hindfoot.
The roentgen features of rheumatoid involvement of the mid- and hindfoot are analyzed utilizing anatomic and pathologic material from "control" and rheumatoid cadavers and a detailed radiographic study of a rheumatoid population. Characteristic findings include diffuse abnormalities predilecting the calcaneus, talocalcaneonavicular and tarsometatarsal joints with joint space narrowing, bony fusion and reactive sclerosis. Rheumatoid localization in the mid- and hindfoot is not unusual, particularly in long-standing disease, and is almost universally associated with metatarsophalangeal alterations.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography