MULTIFOCAL TUBERCULOSIS VERRUCOSA CUTIS

Tuberculosis has been a well-known affliction of human kind, since antiquity. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes only a small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis and multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is an even rarer manifestation. We report one such case of multifocal tubercul...

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Autores principales: Rajan, Jiby, Mathai, Ashok Thomas, Prasad, P V S, Kaviarasan, P K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772603
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.82500
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Sumario:Tuberculosis has been a well-known affliction of human kind, since antiquity. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes only a small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis and multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is an even rarer manifestation. We report one such case of multifocal tuberculosis verrucosa cutis in a 17-year old male patient in the absence of any primary tuberculous focus.

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