Case Report

An Interesting Case of Dactylitis

Volume: 40 Number: 4 December 31, 1987
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An Interesting Case of Dactylitis

Abstract

Dactylitis due to the complication of tuberculosis is not seen very often now a days. Here a dactylitis case which was misdiagnosed as juvenil romatoid arthritis in radiology and which was considered as hand-food syndrome due to sickle cell anemia is presented. This patient was diagnosed ag tuberculosis with positive PPD (20 mm) and systemic findings (dactylitis, epididymitis and hepatosplenomegaly); active tuberculosis in the father. For this reason diseases causing dactylitis in infants is looked over. Because it is not seen very often , dactylits due otuberculosis is emphasized.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Pediatric Surgery

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Publication Date

December 31, 1987

Submission Date

October 10, 1987

Acceptance Date

December 10, 1987

Published in Issue

Year 1987 Volume: 40 Number: 4

APA
Kuyucu, N. (1987). An Interesting Case of Dactylitis. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 40(4), 363-372. https://izlik.org/JA82ZD48NR
AMA
1.Kuyucu N. An Interesting Case of Dactylitis. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 1987;40(4):363-372. https://izlik.org/JA82ZD48NR
Chicago
Kuyucu, Necdet. 1987. “An Interesting Case of Dactylitis”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 40 (4): 363-72. https://izlik.org/JA82ZD48NR.
EndNote
Kuyucu N (December 1, 1987) An Interesting Case of Dactylitis. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 40 4 363–372.
IEEE
[1]N. Kuyucu, “An Interesting Case of Dactylitis”, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 363–372, Dec. 1987, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA82ZD48NR
ISNAD
Kuyucu, Necdet. “An Interesting Case of Dactylitis”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 40/4 (December 1, 1987): 363-372. https://izlik.org/JA82ZD48NR.
JAMA
1.Kuyucu N. An Interesting Case of Dactylitis. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 1987;40:363–372.
MLA
Kuyucu, Necdet. “An Interesting Case of Dactylitis”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 40, no. 4, Dec. 1987, pp. 363-72, https://izlik.org/JA82ZD48NR.
Vancouver
1.Necdet Kuyucu. An Interesting Case of Dactylitis. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası [Internet]. 1987 Dec. 1;40(4):363-72. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA82ZD48NR