Tuberculous dactylitis (Spina ventosa) of proximal phalanx in a 10-year-old girl: A case report
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Case Report: “Spina Ventosa” Tuberculous Dactylitis in a 2 Year Old Boy - A Very Rare Disease
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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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Orthopaedics Sciences
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2395-1958
DOI: 10.22271/ortho.2020.v6.i1l.1941