Multiple Skin Colored Nodules on both Legs in Patient with Positive QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Test
Annals of Dermatology
;
: 95-99, 2017.
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em Inglês
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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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Assunto principal:
Pele
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África do Sul
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Tórax
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Tuberculose Cutânea
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Vasculite
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Biópsia
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Pigmentação da Pele
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Derme
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Diagnóstico
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Gordura Subcutânea
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
/
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
África
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Annals of Dermatology
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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