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Tubercular Dactylitis: Cytodiagnosis to Rescue- A Report of Two Cases
Introduction: Skeletal tuberculosis of the small tubular bones of hand and feet is less frequently encountered. It accounts for less than 1% of extra pulmonary tuberculosis with spine being the most frequent site of involvement. Small bones of hand area involved with greater frequency than the foot and condition is relatively rarer after the age of 5 years. Fine needle aspiration cytology is an...
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk factors associated with dactylitis in gout. METHODS The questionnaires of 73 consecutive gouty patients, diagnosed according to the ACR criteria, were reviewed. They were consecutively screened for the presence of dactylitis. RESULTS Seven out of 73 (9.6%) patients showed dactylitis. They had (1) longer disease duration, (2) a higher number of involved join...
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Scleritis is a severe painful inflammatory process centred in the sclera. A scleritis may be a harbinger of many systemic diseases so that it is important to exclude multisystem disease. We describe a case of unilateral tubercular anterior nodular non-necrotizing scleritis. Anterior nodular non-necrotizing scleritis is relatively an uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis. It may be difficult to...
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A 21-day-old male infant presented with swelling over left upper limb for 3 days. Examination revealed a firm swelling of 3×4 cms over the proximal ventral aspect of left forearm and linear swellings over the medial aspect of left upper arm (Fig. 1(a)). Systemic examination and routine blood workup was normal. Ultrasound and X-ray of the swelling revealed subcutaneous calcification (Fig. 1(b))....
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INTRODUCTION Skeletal tuberculosis involving the small bones is less common than pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculous dactylitis involves the short tubular bones of the hands and feet more commonly in children. The bones of the hands are the one's more frequently affected than bones of the feet, with the proximal phalanx of the index and middle fingers as the commonest sites for infection. Sprea...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Qatar Medical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0253-8253,2227-0426
DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2012.1.22