Abstract
Introduction
Tuberculosis involving small tubular bones like the metacarpus, metatarsus and the phalanx (tuberculous dactylitis) is a rare form of the disease. Tuberculous dactylitis may sometimes be confused with chronic osteomyelitis, metabolic disorders, sarcoidosis or malignancies, and when the correct diagnosis is made at a later stage of disease progression, severe deformities will have already occurred in the affected bones.
Case presentation
In this case report, we present the severe deformation of a phalanx affected by tuberculous dactylitis, which has been diagnosed and treated approximately 3 months later than the first presentation 10 years ago.
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Erer, M., Aydın, A., Nazik, H. et al. Tuberculous dactylitis with severe deformation in the phalanx of the index finger: a case report. Eur Orthop Traumatol 2, 97–99 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-011-0060-z
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