Cutaneous Tuberculosis - a case report

Authors

  • Sofia Amálio Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E., Hospital dos Capuchos, Medicina 2.1
  • Pedro La Féria Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E., Hospital dos Capuchos, Medicina 2.1
  • Raquel Matos Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E., Hospital dos Capuchos, Medicina 2.1
  • Teresa Faro Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E., Hospital dos Capuchos, Medicina 2.1
  • Manuel Mendonça Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E., Hospital dos Capuchos, Medicina 2.1
  • Teresinha Santos Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E., Hospital dos Capuchos, Medicina 2.1
  • Jorge Costa Marques Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E., Hospital dos Capuchos, Medicina 2.1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24950/rspmi.1005

Keywords:

Homocystinuria, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, thrombophilia, anticoagulation, betaine

Abstract

Although cutaneous tuberculosis is reported in only 0,1 to 4,4% of all
cases of tuberculosis, it is important for practitioners to consider this infection when faced with a skin lesion with non-identified cause. Beside M. tuberculosis, M. bovis or the Bacillus calmette-guerin (BCG) can also
cause skin infection. True cutaneous tuberculosis lesions can be acquired
either exogenously (by direct inoculation of the skin by de Mycobacterium)
or endogenously and show a wide spectrum of morphology. We report
a case of scrofuloderma (involvement of the skin overlying a contiguous
tuberculosis focus) with tuberculous lymphadenitis and involvement of the
clavicle in an immunocompetent female adult.

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2014-09-30

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Amálio S, La Féria P, Matos R, Faro T, Mendonça M, Santos T, Costa Marques J. Cutaneous Tuberculosis - a case report. RPMI [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];21(3):16-9. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1005

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Vol. 21 No. 3 (2014): Julho/ Setembro

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Case Reports

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