Alternative titles and symbols : Osteoarthritis of distal interphalangeal joints; Hand osteoarthritis; OADIP; DIPOA; HOA;
Included titles and symbols : Heberden nodes;
Description : In the hand, osteoarthritis can develop in the distal interphalangeal and the first
carpometacarpal (base of thumb) and proximal interphalangeal joints (Stefansson et
al., 2003). Patients with osteoarthritis may have 1, a few, or all of these sites
affected. Heberden nodes are bony excrescences of the phalanges of the distal interphalangeal
joints of the fingers (Stecher, 1955). They can be considered a variety of osteoarthrosis,
or degenerative arthritis.;