title: Ainhum (dactylolysis spontanea): a case with hands and feet involvement.
abstract: Dactylolysis spontanea is a rare disease of unknown etiology, basically restricted to digits without systemic involvement. It evolves, in the form of a local constriction, affecting typically the distal phalanx of the fifth toe, rarely involving other toes and even more rarely involving fingers as in the case described herein.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. danielb.araujo@bol.com.br
authors.forename: Daniel Brito
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.forename: Sônia Maria Alvarenga Anti Loduca
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Rina Dalva Neubarth
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: Wiliam Habib
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chahade
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000387:Ainhum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D014034:Toes