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31Dactylitis*
CLINICAL IMAGAGING
AN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS
EISENBERG
DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar
PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL
• Fig B 31-1 Hand-foot syndrome in sickle cell
anemia. Diffuse destruction of the shafts of
multiple phalanges and metacarpals is due to
infarction. There are reactive bone changes
with sclerosis and periosteal thickening.
• Fig B 31-2 Tuberculosis. Typical expansion of a phalanx
along with irregular destruction of bone architecture. Note
the absence of periosteal reaction, which differentiates the
appearance from that of syphilitic dactylitis.38
• Fig B 31-3 Yaws. Examples of cortical and
medullary granulomas along with intense
periosteal new bone formation.10
• Fig B 31-4 Congenital syphilis. Typical
destructive expansion of a phalanx with
periosteal calcification forming a dense shell
around the lesion.
• Fig B 31-5 Sarcoidosis. Destructive changes
involving the middle phalanx of the second finger,
with soft-tissue swelling about the third proximal
interphalangeal joint and cortical thinning and a
lacelike trabecular pattern affecting the proximal
phalanges of the third and fourth digits.
• Fig B 31-6 Tuberous sclerosis. Cyst-like expansion and
characteristic wavy periosteal new bone formation about
the proximal and middle phalanges of the second digit.
Periosteal new bone formation is also seen along the shaft
of the second metacarpal.
31 dactylitis
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  • 2. CLINICAL IMAGAGING AN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS EISENBERG DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL
  • 3. • Fig B 31-1 Hand-foot syndrome in sickle cell anemia. Diffuse destruction of the shafts of multiple phalanges and metacarpals is due to infarction. There are reactive bone changes with sclerosis and periosteal thickening.
  • 4. • Fig B 31-2 Tuberculosis. Typical expansion of a phalanx along with irregular destruction of bone architecture. Note the absence of periosteal reaction, which differentiates the appearance from that of syphilitic dactylitis.38
  • 5. • Fig B 31-3 Yaws. Examples of cortical and medullary granulomas along with intense periosteal new bone formation.10
  • 6. • Fig B 31-4 Congenital syphilis. Typical destructive expansion of a phalanx with periosteal calcification forming a dense shell around the lesion.
  • 7. • Fig B 31-5 Sarcoidosis. Destructive changes involving the middle phalanx of the second finger, with soft-tissue swelling about the third proximal interphalangeal joint and cortical thinning and a lacelike trabecular pattern affecting the proximal phalanges of the third and fourth digits.
  • 8. • Fig B 31-6 Tuberous sclerosis. Cyst-like expansion and characteristic wavy periosteal new bone formation about the proximal and middle phalanges of the second digit. Periosteal new bone formation is also seen along the shaft of the second metacarpal.