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Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a significant issue in endemic countries. The most common manifestation of skeletal tuberculosis in children is spondylitis, also known as Pott disease, but it may rarely involve small bones. Usually, a pulmonary focus is present from where the bacteria reach the extrem...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10542221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37791161 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44400 |
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author | Yadav, Sankalp Rawal, Gautam Jeyaraman, Madhan |
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description | Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a significant issue in endemic countries. The most common manifestation of skeletal tuberculosis in children is spondylitis, also known as Pott disease, but it may rarely involve small bones. Usually, a pulmonary focus is present from where the bacteria reach the extremities, but an isolated tuberculous involvement of the left index finger in a child without any pulmonary seeding is rare. It is a challenging diagnosis due to a lack of awareness among primary care physicians, the paucibacillary nature of the disease, and overlapping clinical features with other musculoskeletal disorders. A 13-year-old girl was brought in with complaints of pain, swelling, and discharging sinuses from her left index finger. A diagnosis was achieved after a histopathological correlation of clinical and radiological findings. She was started on anti-tubercular treatment for 12 months. |
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spelling | pubmed-105422212023-10-03 Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case Yadav, Sankalp Rawal, Gautam Jeyaraman, Madhan Cureus Pediatrics Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a significant issue in endemic countries. The most common manifestation of skeletal tuberculosis in children is spondylitis, also known as Pott disease, but it may rarely involve small bones. Usually, a pulmonary focus is present from where the bacteria reach the extremities, but an isolated tuberculous involvement of the left index finger in a child without any pulmonary seeding is rare. It is a challenging diagnosis due to a lack of awareness among primary care physicians, the paucibacillary nature of the disease, and overlapping clinical features with other musculoskeletal disorders. A 13-year-old girl was brought in with complaints of pain, swelling, and discharging sinuses from her left index finger. A diagnosis was achieved after a histopathological correlation of clinical and radiological findings. She was started on anti-tubercular treatment for 12 months. Cureus 2023-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10542221/ /pubmed/37791161 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44400 Text en Copyright © 2023, Yadav et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Yadav, Sankalp Rawal, Gautam Jeyaraman, Madhan Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case |
title | Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case |
title_full | Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case |
title_fullStr | Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case |
title_full_unstemmed | Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case |
title_short | Spina Ventosa of the Left Index Finger in an Indian Girl With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case |
title_sort | spina ventosa of the left index finger in an indian girl with no pulmonary involvement: a rare case |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10542221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37791161 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44400 |
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