Lupus vulgar: caso infrecuente de tuberculosis extrapulmonar / Cutaneous tuberculosis: Report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
;
140(4): 493-498, abr. 2012. ilus
Artigo
em Espanhol
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| ID: lil-643219
ABSTRACT
Background:
Tuberculosis is uncommonly located in the skin, corresponding to 1 to 2% of extrapulmonary forms. We report a 61-year-old woman, referred due to a two months history of erythematous plaques covered with honey-colored crusts in the left preauricular region and below the chin. The lesions were previously treated as pyoderma with poor response. She was otherwise healthy, without any other symptom. Skin biopsy showed exudative tuberculoid granulomas with caseation necrosis. Koch culture was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Complementary studies ruled out other foci. Lupus vulgaris was diagnosed and antituberculous therapy started, achieving regression of cutaneous lesions.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Cutânea
/
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Feminino
/
Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Clínico San Pablo/CL
/
Universidad Católica del Norte/CL
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