A small bony lump which develops on the end joints of fingers in osteoarthritis [Described 1802. After William Heberden (1767-1845), British physician, specialist in rheumatic diseases.]
Enlargement of a terminal joint of a finger sometimes occurring in osteoarthritis or other degenerative joint disease.
A lump of cartilage-covered bone arising at the terminal joint of a finger in osteoarthritis. It is often inherited.
A bony enlargement that impacts the joint located at the fingertip, next to the nail. The predisposition to develop these nodes is a characteristic of osteoarthritis and is commonly inherited.
Small hard knobs which appear at the sides of the last phalanges of the fingers in people who have osteoarthritis.
Hard nodules or enlargements of the distal interphalangeal joints of the fingers; seen in osteoarthritis.
Tiny, curved bone protrusions on the fingers due to osteoarthritis in the digits. They can either be painful or painless.