Prabhu Ravi, Kannan Narayanasamy Subbaraju, Vinoth Sundaresan, Praveen Chinnappan Balasubramanian
Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth , Pondicherry, India .
Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth , Pondicherry, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Apr;10(4):PD17-8. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/17556.7648. Epub 2016 Apr 1.
The term 'AINHUM' is derived from the African word meaning 'to saw or cut'. True ainhum otherwise called dactylolysis spontanea is a condition involving soft tissue or digits with constricting rings commonly presenting in fifth toes, usually bilateral. It is to be differentiated from Pseudo-ainhum that occurs secondary to some hereditary and nonhereditary diseases that lead to annular constriction of digits. We report a rare case of true ainhum involving the left fourth toe only. It is a very rare case and a very few were reported worldwide. The highest incidence of ainhum has been reported in South Africa and South America. It is rarely reported in India. Ainhum when diagnosed and treated in early stages can be prevented from progressing to mutilating deformities.
“阿洪病”一词源于一个非洲词语，意思是“锯或切割”。真性阿洪病又称自发性指（趾）断症，是一种累及软组织或指（趾）并伴有缩窄环的病症，通常出现在小趾，多为双侧。它需要与假性阿洪病相鉴别，假性阿洪病继发于一些导致指（趾）环形缩窄的遗传性和非遗传性疾病。我们报告了一例仅累及左第四趾的真性阿洪病罕见病例。这是一个非常罕见的病例，全球报道的病例很少。阿洪病在南非和南美洲的发病率最高。在印度很少有报道。阿洪病若在早期诊断和治疗，可防止发展为致残性畸形。
