Author(s)

Sangare Sidy^1*, Traore Lamine Issaga¹, Sogoba Gaoussou¹, Kouyate Mamaye², Katile Drissa³, Toure Hamidou Ababa⁴, Cisse Abdoulaye⁴, Traore Allassane⁵, Dembélé Bakary Tientigui⁵, Togo Adégné⁵, Traore Drissa⁶

¹General Surgery Department, Fousseyni Daou Hospital, Kayes, Mali.
²Pediatric Surgery Department, Fousseyni Daou Hospital, Kayes, Mali.
³Gastroenterology Department, Fousseyni Daou Hospital, Kayes, Mali.
⁴Dermato-Venereology Department, Fousseyni Daou Hospital, Kayes, Mali.
⁵General Surgery Department, Gabriel Toure Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
⁶General Surgery Department, Point G Hospital, Bamako, Mali.

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.

Aïnhum, Spontaneous Dactylolysis, Idiopathic, Amputation

Sidy, S. , Issaga, T. , Gaoussou, S. , Mamaye, K. , Drissa, K. , Ababa, T. , Abdoulaye, C. , Allassane, T. , Tientigui, D. , Adégné, T. and Drissa, T. (2022) Ainhum (Or Dactylolysis Spontaneous) at the Fousseyni Daou Hospital in Kayes about a Case. Surgical Science, 13, 367-373. doi: 10.4236/ss.2022.138045.