TITLE:
Ainhum (Or Dactylolysis Spontaneous) at the Fousseyni Daou Hospital in Kayes about a Case
AUTHORS:
Sangare Sidy, Traore Lamine Issaga, Sogoba Gaoussou, Kouyate Mamaye, Katile Drissa, Toure Hamidou Ababa, Cisse Abdoulaye, Traore Allassane, Dembélé Bakary Tientigui, Togo Adégné, Traore Drissa
KEYWORDS:
Aïnhum, Spontaneous Dactylolysis, Idiopathic, Amputation
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.13 No.8,
August
15,
2022
ABSTRACT: Aïnhum or spontaneous dactylolysis is a progressive constriction
of the digito-plantar fold of the fifth toe which leads after several years of
evolution to a spontaneous amputation of the toe. Classically, a distinction is
made between “true Aïnhum” of unknown cause, which affects only blacks
and those of African (sub-Saharan) descent; “pseudo-Aïnhum”, which follows
various causes such as an inflammatory flange or foreign body constriction; and
finally, palmo-plantar keratoderma, of genetic origin, such as Vohwinkel
disease. We report a case of Aïnhum received at stage III of the
pathology and who benefited from an amputation of the fifth toe.