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AIR: WHAT: Bouchard's nodes. Bouchard's Nodes: cartilaginous and bony enlargements of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the fingers. WHY: The presence of Bouchard's nodes is a common, characteristic physical finding of degenerative joint disease. HOW: Bouchard's nodes are recognized by their characteristic location at the dorsolateral and medial aspects of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the hand. They are usually nontender, painless, firm nodules 2 to 3 mm in diameter. REFS: Bland, JH and Stalberg, SD: Osteoarthritis: Pathology and Clinical Patterns. In Kelley: Textbook of Rheumatology. W.B. Saunders Co., 1981, pp. 1478-80.