Geode development and multiple fractures in rheumatoid arthritis.
The radiological development from normal bone of geodes and subsequent fractures in phalanges of two adjacent fingers is described in a patient with classical rheumatoid arthritis. Presentation was as a septic, discharging focus, but infection was excluded; the pathology is described.
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography