Isolated Spina Ventosa: An Extremely Rare Presentation of Skeletal Tuberculosis in Adolescent Age.
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2014-09
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Even though the prevalence of tuberculosis is very high in the developing world, skeletal
tuberculosis of extremities rarely occurs. Here we report an uncommon form of bone tuberculosis in a 16 year
old female presenting as tubercular dactylitis of proximal phalanx of right middle finger confirmed by
Histopathology.
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Tuberculosis, Dactylitis, Skeletal
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Agrawal Anand, Chandermani, Agrawal Deepti, Goel Shikha. Isolated Spina Ventosa: An Extremely Rare Presentation of Skeletal Tuberculosis in Adolescent Age. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine. 2014 Sept-Oct ; 5 (5): 111-113.