A 68-year-old woman has come in for an assessment of her rheumatoid arthritis, and the nurse notices raised, firm, nontender nodules at the olecranon bursa and along the ulna. What is the appropriate term for these nodules?

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Subcutaneous nodules are raised, firm, and nontender and occur with rheumatoid arthritis in the olecranon bursa and along the extensor surface of the ulna. Epicondylitis (Tennis elbow) is pain at the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. Gout is a painful inflammatory arthritis characterized by excess uric acid in the blood and deposits of urate crystals in the joint space. Symptoms include redness, swelling, heat and extreme pain. Olecranon bursitis is a large, soft knob or "goose egg" and redness from swelling and inflammation of olecranon bursa.

A 68-Year-Old Woman Has Come in for an Assessment of Her