Dactylytis or sausage digit is an inflammation of an entire finger or toe,^[1] and can be painful.

The word dactyl comes from the Greek word "daktylos" meaning "finger". In its medical term, it refers to both the fingers and the toes.

[edit] Associated conditions

Dactylitis can occur in seronegative arthropathies, such as psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, in sickle-cell disease as result of a vasoocclusive crisis with bone infarcts, and in infectious conditions including tuberculosis and leprosy.

In sickle-cell disease it is manifested for the first time between 6-9 month old infants.

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