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Multiple Skin Colored Nodules on both Legs in Patient with Positive QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Test
Annals of Dermatology ; : 95-99, 2017.
Artículo en Inglés | WPRIM | ID: wpr-132700
ABSTRACT
Nodular tuberculid (NT) was originally described by Jordaan et al. in 2000 in 4 patients from South Africa. It appeared as nodules on the legs; the pathologic changes were situated in the deep dermis and adjacent subcutaneous fat. A 34-year-old woman visited our hospital with subcutaneous skin-colored or slightly erythematous round to oval nodules. Skin biopsies revealed granulomatous inflammation at the dermo-subcutaneous junction with vasculitis. Chest X-ray, tuberculosus (TB)-polymerase chain reaction and TB culture of the skin specimen were normal. A QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test (QUIAGEN, Germany) was positive, which suggested a diagnosis of latent TB infection. The patient was treated with anti-TB medication and her condition has not recurred. Herein, we report a case of a patient with latent TB diagnosed by a positive QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test whose skin lesions had the clinical and histopathologic features of NT.
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Piel / Sudáfrica / Tórax / Tuberculosis Cutánea / Vasculitis / Biopsia / Pigmentación de la Piel / Dermis / Diagnóstico / Grasa Subcutánea Tipo de estudio: Estudio diagnóstico Límite: Adulto / Femenino / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Annals of Dermatology Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Artículo

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Piel / Sudáfrica / Tórax / Tuberculosis Cutánea / Vasculitis / Biopsia / Pigmentación de la Piel / Dermis / Diagnóstico / Grasa Subcutánea Tipo de estudio: Estudio diagnóstico Límite: Adulto / Femenino / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Annals of Dermatology Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Artículo