Ainhum. Presentation of Clinical and Sonographic Findings in A Colombian Patient

Abstract

Volume: 1.1 1 Sci World J Skin Dis Venereol INTRODUCTION The word Ainhum means fissure in the Iago language (Brazil) or saber cut in the Yoruba language (Nigeria) [1]. It is an idiopathic disease, relatively rare, which has been described mainly in black people. It consists of a spontaneous dactylosis [2] that leads to the self-mutilation of one or more fingers, generally although not exclusively, of the fifth toes. Its etiology is unknown, although factors such as chronic trauma from walking barefoot has been associated with its physiopathogenesis [3]. We present a case of a Colombian black patient, with an emphasis on ultrasound findings, which have not previously reported in the medical literature, which allow establishing an early diagnosis of the disease and proper management of it [4].