Medical Definition of Haygarth's nodes
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Exostoses from the margins of the articular surfaces and from the periosteum and bone in the neighborhood of the joints of the fingers, leading to ankylosis and associated with lateral deflection of the fingers toward the ulnar side, which occur in rheumatoid arthritis.
Synonym: Haygarth's nodosities.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haygarth's Nodes
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