Heberden's nodes

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Heberden nodes on plain hand image

Heberden's nodes are deformities of the distal interphalangeal joints of the hand (DIP). Together with Bouchard nodes, they are a clinical and graphic sign of osteoarthrosis.

Etiology[edit | edit source]

Some jobs [1] indicate that these are not purely osteoproductive changes, but that they are involved with bone and ligament.

X-ray finding[edit | edit source]

In correlation with the clinic, nodes are most often found on the dorsolateral edge of the distal interphalangeal joints of the hand [2]. This is a sign of advanced osteoarthrosis.


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  1.  – TAN, AL. , et al. Heberden's nodes and what Heberden could not see: the pivotal role of ligaments in the pathogenesis of early nodal osteoarthritis and beyond.. Rheumatology. 2008, vol. 9, no. 47, p. 1278–1285, 
  2. Tim Luijkx. Heberden Nodes [online]. [cit. 2017-01-20]. <https://radiopaedia.org/articles/heberden-node>.