Open AccessIsolated metacarpal bone tuberculosis-A case report
Author(s) -
Rashmi Kushwaha,
Surya Kant,
Sanjay Kumar Verma,
Sanjay,
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.