Enthesitis

Enthesitis is inflammation of the entheses (singular: enthesis), the sites where tendons, ligaments and joint capsules attach to bones.[1][2]

It is a type of enthesopathy, meaning any pathologic condition of the entheses, with or without inflammation. There are some cases of isolated, primary enthesitis which are very poorly studied and understood. It is known to be associated with other autoimmune diseases, like spondyloarthropathies and psoriasis (thought to often precede psoriatic arthritis). A common autoimmune enthesitis is at the heel, where the Achilles tendon attaches to the calcaneus.

It is associated with HLA B27 arthropathies, such as ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and reactive arthritis.[3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Signs and symptoms
* 2 Diagnosis
* 3 Management
* 4 Related conditions
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Signs and symptoms

Early clinical manifestations are an aching sensation akin to "working out too much", and it gets better with activity. It is worse in the morning (after sleeping and not moving). The muscle insertion hurts very focally as it joins into the bone, but there is little to no pain at all with passive motion.

Symptoms include multiple points of tenderness at the heel, tibial tuberosity, iliac crest, and other tendon insertion sites.

## Diagnosis

Sagittal magnetic resonance images of ankle region: psoriatic arthritis. (a) Short tau inversion recovery (STIR) image, showing high signal intensity at the Achilles tendon insertion (enthesitis, thick arrow) and in the synovium of the ankle joint (synovitis, long thin arrow). Bone marrow oedema is seen at the tendon insertion (short thin arrow). (b, c) T1 weighted images of a different section of the same patient, before (panel b) and after (panel c) intravenous contrast injection, confirm inflammation (large arrow) at the enthesis and reveal bone erosion at tendon insertion (short thin arrows).

## Management

* Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).[2]
* corticosteroid injections.[2]
* Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD).

## Related conditions

Anatomically close but separate conditions are:

* Apophysitis, inflammation of the bony attachment, generally associated with overuse among growing children.[5][6][7]
* Tendinopathy is a disorder of the tendon, and is associated with direct injury or repetitive activities.[8]

## References

1. ↑ Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, MD; Ignazio Olivieri, MD (June 2006). "Enthesitis". Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology (Clinical Rheumatology) 20 (3): 473–86. doi:10.1016/j.berh.2006.03.007. PMID 16777577.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Watad, A; Cuthbert, RJ; Amital, H; McGonagle, D (30 May 2018). "Enthesitis: Much More Than Focal Insertion Point Inflammation.". Current Rheumatology Reports 20 (7): 41. doi:10.1007/s11926-018-0751-3. PMID 29846815.
3. ↑ Schett, G; Lories, RJ; D'Agostino, MA; Elewaut, D; Kirkham, B; Soriano, ER; McGonagle, D (November 2017). "Enthesitis: from pathophysiology to treatment". Nature Reviews Rheumatology 13 (12): 731–41. doi:10.1038/nrrheum.2017.188. PMID 29158573.
4. ↑ Schmitt, SK (June 2017). "Reactive Arthritis". Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 31 (2): 265–77. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2017.01.002. PMID 28292540.
5. ↑ "OrthoKids - Osgood-Schlatter's Disease". http://orthokids.org/Condition/Osgood-Schlatter-s.
6. ↑ "Sever's Disease". Kidshealth.org. http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/bones/severs_disease.html.
7. ↑ Hendrix CL (2005). "Calcaneal apophysitis (Sever disease)". Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery 22 (1): 55–62, vi. doi:10.1016/j.cpm.2004.08.011. PMID 15555843.
8. ↑ "Tendinitis" (in en). 12 April 2017. https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/tendinitis/advanced.

## External links

Classification|

* DiseasesDB: 18256
* SNOMED CT: 359643005

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Soft tissue disorders

Capsular joint|

| Synoviopathy|

* Synovitis/Tenosynovitis
* Calcific tendinitis
* Stenosing tenosynovitis
* Trigger finger
* De Quervain syndrome
* Transient synovitis
* Ganglion cyst

* osteochondromatosis
* Synovial osteochondromatosis
* Plica syndrome

* villonodular synovitis
* Giant-cell tumor of the tendon sheath

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Bursopathy|

* Bursitis
* Olecranon
* Prepatellar
* Trochanteric
* Subacromial
* Achilles
* Retrocalcaneal
* Ischial
* Iliopsoas
* Synovial cyst
* Baker's cyst
* Calcific bursitis

Noncapsular joint|

| Symptoms|

* Ligamentous laxity
* Hypermobility

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Enthesopathy/Enthesitis/Tendinopathy|

| upper limb|

* Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder
* Impingement syndrome
* Rotator cuff tear
* Golfer's elbow
* Tennis elbow

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lower limb|

* Iliotibial band syndrome
* Patellar tendinitis
* Achilles tendinitis
* Calcaneal spur
* Metatarsalgia
* Bone spur

other/general:|

* Tendinitis/Tendinosis

Nonjoint|

| Fasciopathy|

* Fasciitis: Plantar
* Nodular
* Necrotizing
* Eosinophilic

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Fibromatosis/contracture|

* Dupuytren's contracture
* Plantar fibromatosis
* Aggressive fibromatosis
* Knuckle pads

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