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DictionarySeedactylitissickle cell dactylitis
hand-and-foot syn·dromerecurrent painful swelling of the hands and feet occurring in infants and young children with sickle cell anemia. Synonym(s): sickle cell dactylitisA ‘crisis’ in sickle cell anaemia caused by sludging of red cells in vessels and characterised by symmetric infarction of the small bones of the hand and foot, periosteal neo-osteogenesis, pain and swelling that may occur as early as the age of 18 months, often resolving spontaneously within 1–4 weekssick·le cell dac·ty·li·tis (sik'ĕl sel dak'ti-lī'tis) Painful swellings of the hands and feet seen in patients with an attack of sickle cell anemia. |