TY - JOUR T1 - Dactylitis in gout JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 316 LP - 316 DO - 10.1136/ard.2009.107755 VL - 69 IS - 01 AU - R Andracco AU - G Zampogna AU - M Parodi AU - F Paparo AU - M A Cimmino Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/69/01/316.abstract N2 - The clinical spectrum of gout is changing. More frequently than before it is polyarticular, involves the hand, affects a wide range of ages and occurs in women.1 2 As a result, it is necessary to recognise its uncommon clinical features.Dactylitis—inflammation of a finger or toe3—is typical but not peculiar to seronegative spondyloarthritides. It presents as a diffuse swelling due mainly to flexor tenosynovitis, but possibly also to soft tissue oedema and synovitis.4 Dactylitis has also been observed in infections, sarcoidosis, sickle cell disease and gout as a result of different pathological processes.3 In the only report on gout-associated dactylitis, it was seen in 4/80 patients (5%).5Dactylitis was investigated in 73 consecutive patients with gout diagnosed according … ER -