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Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection which most often localises to the respiratory system. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is prevalent in immunocompromised individuals, of which cutaneous tuberculosis is exceedingly rare (0.5-2%). Cutaneous TB presents with varied clinical morphologi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9595223/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312641 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29426 |
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author | Dhar, Amrit Khan, Umar H Shabir, Afshan Mantoo, Suhail Mehfooz, Nazia |
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description | Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection which most often localises to the respiratory system. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is prevalent in immunocompromised individuals, of which cutaneous tuberculosis is exceedingly rare (0.5-2%). Cutaneous TB presents with varied clinical morphologies, either acquired exogenously via direct inoculation on the skin or endogenously due to systemic dissemination. Diagnosis is particularly challenging due to the multitude of differential diagnoses of skin lesions. Microbiological evidence from biopsy and histopathological findings suggestive of granulomatous inflammation are needed to make a definitive diagnosis. Herein we present a rare case of tuberculosis of the finger in a middle-aged man who presented with an ulcerating and erythematous lesion. As cutaneous TB is usually misdiagnosed at the earlier stages, dermatologists and primary care physicians should keep high suspicion for cutaneous TB in any non-healing ulcers which are otherwise unexplained. |
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spelling | pubmed-95952232022-10-28 Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report Dhar, Amrit Khan, Umar H Shabir, Afshan Mantoo, Suhail Mehfooz, Nazia Cureus Internal Medicine Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection which most often localises to the respiratory system. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is prevalent in immunocompromised individuals, of which cutaneous tuberculosis is exceedingly rare (0.5-2%). Cutaneous TB presents with varied clinical morphologies, either acquired exogenously via direct inoculation on the skin or endogenously due to systemic dissemination. Diagnosis is particularly challenging due to the multitude of differential diagnoses of skin lesions. Microbiological evidence from biopsy and histopathological findings suggestive of granulomatous inflammation are needed to make a definitive diagnosis. Herein we present a rare case of tuberculosis of the finger in a middle-aged man who presented with an ulcerating and erythematous lesion. As cutaneous TB is usually misdiagnosed at the earlier stages, dermatologists and primary care physicians should keep high suspicion for cutaneous TB in any non-healing ulcers which are otherwise unexplained. Cureus 2022-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9595223/ /pubmed/36312641 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29426 Text en Copyright © 2022, Dhar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Dhar, Amrit Khan, Umar H Shabir, Afshan Mantoo, Suhail Mehfooz, Nazia Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report |
title | Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report |
title_full | Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report |
title_short | Tuberculosis of Finger Presenting As Non-healing Ulcer of Digit: A Case Report |
title_sort | tuberculosis of finger presenting as non-healing ulcer of digit: a case report |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9595223/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312641 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29426 |
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