Chronic granulomatous inflammatory disorders of skin at a tertiary care hospital in Islamabad

A retrospective study was carried out to evaluate skin diseases associated with Chronic Granulomatous Inflammation at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences [PIMS] over a period of six months. There were a total of 249 skin biopsies in this period, among which 14.8 % cases were diagnosed as lesions associated with chronic granulomatous inflammation. Among these cutaneous leishmaniasis constituted 56.7% of cases while cutaneous tuberculosis was diagnosed in 14.9%. Sarcoidosis, Syphilis and Granuloma annulare constituted a small number of cases