Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis

Lupus vulgaris is a chronic paucibacillary form of cutaneous tuberculosis occurring in a person with a moderate to high degree of immunity. It commonly occurs over the buttocks and trunk in India. Involvement of the genitalia is uncommon, and lesions involving the penis, extremely rare with few case...

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Autores principales: Deb, Samujjala, Mukherjee, Soumya, Seth, Joly, Samanta, Asit Baran
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/PMC4601424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26538704
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.159661
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author Deb, Samujjala
Mukherjee, Soumya
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description Lupus vulgaris is a chronic paucibacillary form of cutaneous tuberculosis occurring in a person with a moderate to high degree of immunity. It commonly occurs over the buttocks and trunk in India. Involvement of the genitalia is uncommon, and lesions involving the penis, extremely rare with few cases reported worldwide. There also exists a confusion regarding nosology of tuberculosis of the genitalia. A brief discussion and review of literature are being discussed along with the report of a case of genital tuberculosis involving the glans penis.
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spelling pubmed-46014242015-11-04 Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis Deb, Samujjala Mukherjee, Soumya Seth, Joly Samanta, Asit Baran Indian J Dermatol Case Report Lupus vulgaris is a chronic paucibacillary form of cutaneous tuberculosis occurring in a person with a moderate to high degree of immunity. It commonly occurs over the buttocks and trunk in India. Involvement of the genitalia is uncommon, and lesions involving the penis, extremely rare with few cases reported worldwide. There also exists a confusion regarding nosology of tuberculosis of the genitalia. A brief discussion and review of literature are being discussed along with the report of a case of genital tuberculosis involving the glans penis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4601424/ /pubmed/26538704 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.159661 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Deb, Samujjala
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Seth, Joly
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Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis
title Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis
title_full Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis
title_fullStr Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis
title_short Nodulo-ulcerative Tuberculosis of the Glans Penis—A Case Report and a Discussion on Nomenclature of Genital Tuberculosis
title_sort nodulo-ulcerative tuberculosis of the glans penis—a case report and a discussion on nomenclature of genital tuberculosis
topic Case Report
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.159661
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