Knuckle pads

Description

These are benign, asymptomatic, well-circumscribed, smooth, firm, skin-coloured papules, nodules, or plaques, located in the skin over the dorsal aspects of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and interphalangeal (IP) joints.

Index terms

Knuckle pads
Garrod pads

Exclusions from above levels

01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
DA0E.8 – Temporomandibular joint disorders

Sibling codes

FB51.0 – Palmar fascial fibromatosis
FB51.2 – Fasciitis or fibromatosis
FB51.3 – Fibroblastic rheumatism
FB51.4 – Retroperitoneal fibrosis
FB51.Y – Other specified fibroblastic disorders
FB51.Z – Fibroblastic disorders, unspecified

Foundation entity

Knuckle pads – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1824875472

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: FB51: Fibroblastic disorders › 15: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue