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Tubercular Dactylitis: Cytodiagnosis to Rescue- A Report of Two Cases
Introduction: Skeletal tuberculosis of the small tubular bones of hand and feet is less frequently encountered. It accounts for less than 1% of extra pulmonary tuberculosis with spine being the most frequent site of involvement. Small bones of hand area involved with greater frequency than the foot and condition is relatively rarer after the age of 5 years. Fine needle aspiration cytology is an...
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Tuberculous infection of metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges is known as tuberculous dactylitis. There is a spindle shaped expansion of the short tubular bones due to tuberculous granuloma. Hence it is also known as spina ventosa. In our case, a two year old boy with a swelling in the metacarpal was provisionally diagnosed as enchondromata while the possibility of spina ventosa was kept in m...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.11.051