Scrofuloderma: A rare cutaneous manifestation of tuberculosis
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Coexistence of cutaneous tuberculosis (scrofuloderma) and hanseniasis-a rare presentation.
Cutaneous tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis and hanseniasis are all caused by different spp. of Mycobacterium, an intracellular pathogen whose development depends on impaired cell mediated immunity. Scrofuloderma is the most common variant of cutaneous tuberculosis, which is characterized by a direct extension of the skin which overlies the infected lymph gland, bone or joint, that breaks do...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0972-1363
DOI: 10.4103/jiaomr.jiaomr_33_17