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Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation

Lupus vulgaris (LV) is a common type of cutaneous tuberculosis and commonly presents as a single erythematous plaque either on the face or buttocks with scarring and an active spreading edge. Multiple lesions of LV are sparingly reported in the literature. We hereby report a case of LV in a male pre...

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Autores principales: Pugalia, Nidhi, Madke, Bhushan, Jawade, Sugat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10349924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37461762
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40495
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description Lupus vulgaris (LV) is a common type of cutaneous tuberculosis and commonly presents as a single erythematous plaque either on the face or buttocks with scarring and an active spreading edge. Multiple lesions of LV are sparingly reported in the literature. We hereby report a case of LV in a male presenting with multiple lesions over the buttock, thigh, and trunk. The diagnosis was done on the basis of clinical findings, histopathology, positive tuberculin test, and response to a standard anti-tubercular regimen.
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spelling pubmed-103499242023-07-17 Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation Pugalia, Nidhi Madke, Bhushan Jawade, Sugat Cureus Dermatology Lupus vulgaris (LV) is a common type of cutaneous tuberculosis and commonly presents as a single erythematous plaque either on the face or buttocks with scarring and an active spreading edge. Multiple lesions of LV are sparingly reported in the literature. We hereby report a case of LV in a male presenting with multiple lesions over the buttock, thigh, and trunk. The diagnosis was done on the basis of clinical findings, histopathology, positive tuberculin test, and response to a standard anti-tubercular regimen. Cureus 2023-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10349924/ /pubmed/37461762 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40495 Text en Copyright © 2023, Pugalia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Pugalia, Nidhi
Madke, Bhushan
Jawade, Sugat
Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation
title Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation
title_full Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation
title_fullStr Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation
title_short Multifocal Lupus Vulgaris: A Rare Presentation
title_sort multifocal lupus vulgaris: a rare presentation
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10349924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37461762
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40495
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