Enthesopathy

Enthesopathy
Enthesopathy of the pelvis likely due to ankylosing spondylitis
Classification and external resources
Specialty	rheumatology
ICD-10	M76-M77.9
ICD-9-CM	726
DiseasesDB	18256
MeSH	D012216
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In medicine, an enthesopathy refers to a disorder involving the attachment of a tendon or ligament to a bone. This site of attachment is known as the entheses.

If the condition is known to be inflammatory, it can more precisely be called an enthesitis.

Enthesopathies may take the form of spondyloarthropathies (joint diseases of the spine) such as ankylosing spondylitis, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendinitis. Enthesopathy can occur at the elbow, wrist, carpus, hip, knee, ankle, tarsus, or heel bone, among other regions. Further examples include:

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