swan neck deformity

Neurology A descriptor for a thin curved neck, resulting from muscular atrophy characteristic of myotonia dystrophica, often accompanied by ‘myopathic facies’—see 'Hatchet' face—myotonia, dysphagia, frontal baldness, testicular atrophy, cataracts; a variant of gracile swan neck is described in Modigliani syndrome
Pathology-kidney A descriptive term for the shortened and attenuated initial segment of a dissected proximal convoluted renal tubule seen by light microscopy in patients with De Toni-Fanconi syndrome
Rheumatology A descriptive term for the hyperextended proximal interphalangeal joint and compensatory flexion of the distal interphalangeal joints caused by shortening of the extensor tendon, classically seen in rheumatoid arthritis, but also in systemic lupus erythematosus, Jaccoud’s—post-rheumatic fever—arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, scleroderma, camptodactyly

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swan neck deformity

Rheumatology A descriptor for the hyperextended proximal interphalangeal joint and compensatory flexion of the distal interphalangeal joints caused by shortening of the extensor tendon, classically seen in rheumatoid arthritis, but also in SLE, post-rheumatic fever arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, scleroderma, camptodactyly. Cf Boutonniere deformity.

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