What is the diagnosis?
Swan-neck deformity.
A swan neck deformity describes a finger with a hyperextended PIP joint and a flexed DIP joint.
Conditions that loosen the PIP joint and allow it to hyperextend can produce a swan neck deformity of the finger. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common disease affecting the PIP joint
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