Tuberculous Dactylitis: An Uncommon Presentation of Skeletal Tuberculosis
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Tuberculous Dactylitis: An Uncommon Presentation of Skeletal Tuberculosis
BACKGROUND Skeletal involvement accounts 1-5% of all cases of Tuberculosis. The vertebrae are more commonly affected. The bones of the hands are more affected than the bones of the feet. The term "spina ventosa" has been used to describe this disorder because of its radiographic features of cystic expansion of the involved short tubular bones. Tuberculous dactylitis mainly occurs through lympho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1029-1857,1029-1857
DOI: 10.4314/ejhs.v26i3.15