Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis

Isolated tuberculous dactylitis is a rare form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis that frequently eludes assessment and constitutes diagnostic challenges. This case reminds physicians of keeping tuberculosis (TB) as a differential when dealing with chronic finger ulcers to avoid devastating consequence...

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Autores principales: Goravey, Wael, Ali, Gawahir A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Illustrated
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8577477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01316
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spelling pubmed-85774772021-11-15 Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis Goravey, Wael Ali, Gawahir A. IDCases Case Illustrated Isolated tuberculous dactylitis is a rare form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis that frequently eludes assessment and constitutes diagnostic challenges. This case reminds physicians of keeping tuberculosis (TB) as a differential when dealing with chronic finger ulcers to avoid devastating consequences. Elsevier 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8577477/ /pubmed/34786337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01316 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis
title Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis
title_full Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis
title_fullStr Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis
title_short Spina Ventosa; Isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: A forgotten differential diagnosis
title_sort spina ventosa; isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis of the little finger: a forgotten differential diagnosis
topic Case Illustrated
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8577477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01316
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