Lupus vulgaris leading to perforation of nasal septum in a child

Lupus vulgaris (LV) is a common form of cutaneous tuberculosis in India, mostly involving the lower half of the body. Facial involvement is uncommon. Untreated disease may lead to significant morbidity due to atrophic scarring, mutilation, and deformity. We report a case of multi-focal LV in a 10-ye...

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Autores principales: Singal, Archana, Arora, Rahul, Pandhi, Deepika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26009716
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.156401
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description Lupus vulgaris (LV) is a common form of cutaneous tuberculosis in India, mostly involving the lower half of the body. Facial involvement is uncommon. Untreated disease may lead to significant morbidity due to atrophic scarring, mutilation, and deformity. We report a case of multi-focal LV in a 10-year-old boy affecting the nose and cheek that resulted in perforation of the nasal septum, a rarely reported complication.
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spelling pubmed-44397502015-05-25 Lupus vulgaris leading to perforation of nasal septum in a child Singal, Archana Arora, Rahul Pandhi, Deepika Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Lupus vulgaris (LV) is a common form of cutaneous tuberculosis in India, mostly involving the lower half of the body. Facial involvement is uncommon. Untreated disease may lead to significant morbidity due to atrophic scarring, mutilation, and deformity. We report a case of multi-focal LV in a 10-year-old boy affecting the nose and cheek that resulted in perforation of the nasal septum, a rarely reported complication. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4439750/ /pubmed/26009716 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.156401 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal 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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title_full Lupus vulgaris leading to perforation of nasal septum in a child
title_fullStr Lupus vulgaris leading to perforation of nasal septum in a child
title_full_unstemmed Lupus vulgaris leading to perforation of nasal septum in a child
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title_sort lupus vulgaris leading to perforation of nasal septum in a child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26009716
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.156401
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