Multifocal tuberculous gummas and bilateral scrofuloderma followed by papulonecrotic tuberculids developing during anti-tubercular therapy

Tuberculous epididymo-orchitis and papulonecrotic tuberculids of the glans penis.

A 25-year-old male presented with an asymptomatic papulo-pustular eruption over the glans penis. The clinical features and investigations were suggestive of papulonecrotic tuberculids of the glans penis. He had an underlying bilateral active tuberculous epididymo-orchitis and a healed focus of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Papulonecrotic tuberculids of the glans penis: case report.

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Hyper IgM syndrome with tuberculous osteomyelitis and scrofuloderma.

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 952 VOLUME 42__SEPTEMBER 17, 2005 Hyper IgM syndrome (HIGM) is a rare primary immunodeficiency characterized by low levels of serum IgA and IgG and a normal or increased levels of IgM due to a block in the B cell immunoglobulin switch from IgM to IgG(1). The estimated incidence is approximately 1 in 10,30,000 live births(2). Two types are described X linked hyper IgM (XHIM) an...

Unproved tuberculous lesion of penis: a rare cause of saxophone penis treated by a therapeutic trial of anti-tubercular therapy.

Although Tuberculosis (TB) most commonly affects the lungs, any organ or tissue can be involved. In countries with comprehensive diagnostic and reporting systems, extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) accounts for 20-25% of reported cases. Globally, extrapulmonary cases (without concurrent pulmonary involvement) comprised 14% of notified cases (new and relapse) in 2007. The most common sites of ex...