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A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis

Although the incidence of cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) has declined among all cases in dermatology outpatient settings, atypical cases are still being reported worldwide. These atypical forms can imitate other conditions hence delaying the diagnosis and increased morbidity. We report a case of an aty...

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Autores principales: Asmarani, Yulia, Mulia, Rizki Citra, Adriani, Anni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425164
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.131.26150
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description Although the incidence of cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) has declined among all cases in dermatology outpatient settings, atypical cases are still being reported worldwide. These atypical forms can imitate other conditions hence delaying the diagnosis and increased morbidity. We report a case of an atypical presentation of extensive Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis (TVC) on the buttocks presenting as an annular hyperkeratotic plaque with central healing. Suspicious clinical manifestations and histopathological features followed by an excellent response with antituberculosis therapy confirmed the diagnosis of TVC. Recalcitrant chronic lesions even with adequate standard treatment should raise suspicion of cutaneous TB, especially in endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-77572842021-01-07 A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis Asmarani, Yulia Mulia, Rizki Citra Adriani, Anni Pan Afr Med J Case Report Although the incidence of cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) has declined among all cases in dermatology outpatient settings, atypical cases are still being reported worldwide. These atypical forms can imitate other conditions hence delaying the diagnosis and increased morbidity. We report a case of an atypical presentation of extensive Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis (TVC) on the buttocks presenting as an annular hyperkeratotic plaque with central healing. Suspicious clinical manifestations and histopathological features followed by an excellent response with antituberculosis therapy confirmed the diagnosis of TVC. Recalcitrant chronic lesions even with adequate standard treatment should raise suspicion of cutaneous TB, especially in endemic areas. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7757284/ /pubmed/33425164 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.131.26150 Text en Copyright: Yulia Asmarani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
title A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
title_full A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
title_fullStr A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
title_full_unstemmed A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
title_short A large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
title_sort large verrucous plaque on the buttocks: a case report of an atypical presentation of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425164
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.131.26150
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