Sausage-like toe and heel pain: value for diagnosing and evaluating the severity of spondyloarthropathies defined by Amor's criteria. A retrospective study in 161 patients.

Aim: To evaluate the frequency of sausage-like toe and talalgia in spondyloarthropathies diagnosed by the 12 items of Amor's criteria; to study the frequency of a diagnosis which would be impossible without these two symptoms; and to study the correlations between Amor's criteria score and the clinical and biological symptoms in the presence of both of these.

Methods: Retrospective study of 161 cases (age, 38.8 +/- 13.

[Hip arthroplasty in genetic hemochromatosis. Report of 5 cases].

Introduction: Half of the patients with genetic hemochromatosis will have arthritis. Two of these articular involvements are well-known: the arthropathy involving the phalangeal and the metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand, useful for diagnosis, and hip arthropathy. Iron deposits seem to be involved in articular cartilage destruction.