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Erosive osteoarthritis of the feet: description of two patients.

Mas AJ, Rotés-Querol J

Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ajuan@hsll.es

Erosive osteoarthritis is considered an unusual disease, mostly developing among women. The typical locations are the interphalangeal joints of the hands. However, on a few occasions it has also been found in hips, shoulders and feet. We describe two patients (one woman and one man) who have this disease in their feet.

Published 15 May 2007 in Joint Bone Spine, 74(3): 296-8.
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