The signs of developing Heberden's node usually start around menopause for women and in middle age ... bony growths on the joint closest to the fingertip (the distal interphalangeal joint or ...

These nodes are bony enlargements of the middle joints of the fingers, also known as proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints—the finger joints closest to the knuckles. The nodes are a classic sign ...

Group III. Cases with poor results include sloughed tendons with loss of flexion of the middle or distal phalanx, or both, and ankylosed proximal or distal interphalangeal joint, causing a stiff ...