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| '''Enthesitis''' is an [[inflammation]] of the [[entheses]], the location where a bone has an insertion to a tendon or a ligament. It is also called enthesopathy, or any [[Pathology (disambiguation)|pathologic]] condition involving the entheses. The entheses are any point of attachment of [[skeletal muscle]]s to [[bone]], where recurring stress or inflammatory [[autoimmune disease]] can cause [[inflammation]] or occasionally [[fibrosis]] and [[calcification]]. One of the primary entheses involved in inflammatory autoimmune disease is at the [[heel]]. Heel swelling and inflammation are therefore used to help [[diagnose]] certain inflammatory autoimmune diseases, including [[ankylosing spondylitis]].
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