A Case of Extensive Multifocal Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis

Tuberculosis is probably as old as the human race itself. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes a very small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Extensive, multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is a very rare manifestation. We report one such case of extensive, multifocal tuberculosi...

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Autores principales: Verma, Rajesh, Vasudevan, Biju, Pragasam, Vijendran, Badad, Ambresh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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E-Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25071280
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.135532
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author Verma, Rajesh
Vasudevan, Biju
Pragasam, Vijendran
Badad, Ambresh
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description Tuberculosis is probably as old as the human race itself. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes a very small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Extensive, multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is a very rare manifestation. We report one such case of extensive, multifocal tuberculosis verrucosa cutis in a 30-year-old immunocompetent male patient in the absence of any primary tubercular focus.
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spelling pubmed-41032972014-07-28 A Case of Extensive Multifocal Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis Verma, Rajesh Vasudevan, Biju Pragasam, Vijendran Badad, Ambresh Indian J Dermatol E-Case Report Tuberculosis is probably as old as the human race itself. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes a very small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Extensive, multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is a very rare manifestation. We report one such case of extensive, multifocal tuberculosis verrucosa cutis in a 30-year-old immunocompetent male patient in the absence of any primary tubercular focus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4103297/ /pubmed/25071280 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.135532 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Case of Extensive Multifocal Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis
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