ArticleAdvanced biomedical research2013
Tuberculous dactylitis (spina ventosa) with concomitant ipsilateral axillary scrofuloderma in an immunocompetent child: A rare presentation of skeletal tuberculosis.
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- Multifocal Tuberculous Dactylitis Involving the Hand and Foot in a Pre-adolescent Patient: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Paediatric Spina Ventosa: tuberculous dactylitis of the thumb can be a mislaid differential diagnosis - case report.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Tuberculosis revisted: classic imaging findings in childhood.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Late Discovering Spina Ventosa: A Case Report.International medical case reports journal · 2021Article
- Tuberculous Dactylitis: An Uncommon Presentation of Skeletal Tuberculosis.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2016Article
- Spina ventosa with lupus vulgaris and lymphadenopathy: Multifocal tuberculosis.Indian dermatology online journal · 2015Article
- Tuberculous Dactylitis in a Case of Multiple Scrofuloderma.Case reports in dermatologyArticle
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Abstract
Tuberculous dactylitis is a distinctly uncommon, yet well recognized form of tuberculosis involving the small bones of the hand or foot. It occurs in young children in endemic areas under 5 years of age. Tuberculosis of the short tubular bones like phalanges, metacarpals or metatarsals is quite uncommon beyond 6 years of age, once the epiphyseal centers are well established. The radiographic features of cystic expansion have led to the name "Spina Ventosa" for tuberculous dactylitis of the short bones. Scrofuloderma is a mycobacterial infection affecting children and young adults, representing direct extension of tuberculosis into the skin from underlying structures e.g. lymph nodes. An 8-year-old malnourished girl had multiple axillary ulcers with lymphadenopathy. Tuberculous dactylitis with ipsilateral axillary scrofuloderma was suspected on clinical and radiological grounds. The suspicion was confirmed by histology and bacteriology. The patient responded to antitubercular drugs with progressive healing of the lesions without surgery. Concomitant presence of these dual lesions suggesting active disseminated tuberculosis in immune-competent child over 6 years is very rare and hardly reported.
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