Isolated metacarpal bone tuberculosis-A case report | Zendy

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Isolated metacarpal bone tuberculosis-A case report

Author(s) -

Rashmi Kushwaha,

Surya Kant,

Sanjay Kumar Verma,

Sanjay Mehra,

Sumit Mehra

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

lung india

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 0974-598X

pISSN - 0970-2113

DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.44132

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , presentation (obstetrics) , phalanx , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , dactylitis , case presentation , sinus (botany) , dermatology , surgery , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , enthesitis , psoriatic arthritis , psoriasis , botany , biology , genus

Tuberculous involvement of the metacarpals and phalanges is a rare presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in adult. Here is a case of tubercular dactylitis in a 27 year old female presenting as discharging sinus over proximal part of third metacarpalbone of left hand.

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