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Spina Ventosa of the Right Index Finger in an Adult Indian Female With No Pulmonary Involvement: A Rare Case

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Journal Cureus
Specialty Biomedical Engineering
Date 2023 Sep 4
PMID 37664354
Authors
Sankalp Yadav
Gautam Rawal
Madhan Jeyaraman
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Abstract

Tubercular involvement of small bones is a rare clinical condition. Often, the disease is associated with pulmonary involvement. Isolated cases of spina ventosa in adults with no pulmonary seeding or any history of tuberculosis or trauma are relatively infrequent occurrences. We report a case of a 22-year-old immunocompetent Indian female who presented with complaints of a swollen right index finger. A detailed clinical workup supported by radiographs and serological tests established the diagnosis as primary tubercular dactylitis of the right index finger. She was managed with anti-tubercular drugs.

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