candlestick appearance

A sharply marginated ‘cut-off’ of the terminal phalanges with a central depression, seen in burns, DM, gout, leprosy, malabsorption, vasoocclusive disease, porphyria, psoriasis, Raynaud’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma

candlestick appearance

Bone imaging A sharply marginated 'cut-off' of the terminal phalanges with a central depression, seen in burns, DM, gout, leprosy, malabsorption, vasoocclusive disease, porphyria, psoriasis, Raynaud's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma. Cf Penciling.