- Phalanges, tuberculous osteomyelitis
- GC.6190
- Wet specimen. Phalanges of right hallux showing partial destruction of the base of the terminal phalanx from tuberculous osteomyelitis. The proximal half of the dorsal surface of the distal phalanx has undergone absorption and the cancellous bone of the interior is exposed. On the plantar surface the bone is rarefied and a little new bone has been formed. The interphalangeal articulation does not appear to have been affected.