A 34-year-old Indian student who immigrated to Australia five years ago presented with a four-week history of neck pain. Physical examination revealed two firm fixed cervical lymph nodes in the anterior triangle and midline region which were tender on palpation and erythematous on inspection. Cording phenomenon was found on ZN staining of FNA sample and mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb ) PCR co...

Background: Cutaneous granulomatous dermatoses usually are a diagnostic challenge with tuberculosis (TB) on top of them. TB is a universal health problem and considered by WHO at the top of 6 common and dangerous infectious diseases. Objective: To determine the clinical, laboratory and histopathological findings in 45 patients with the diagnosis of cutaneous TB over a 10-year period in Ahwaz. P...

INTRODUCTION The present study aimed to establish the frequency and clinical characteristics of cutaneous tuberculosis among Mexican adult patients. METHODOLOGY Ninety-five patients with clinically compatible lesions to cutaneous tuberculosis participated in the study. All patients were HIV negative and none of them had previous anti-TB treatment. A skin biopsy was taken from every patient su...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is a serious health problem in Brazil so that the knowledge on the aspects of cutaneous tuberculosis is medically important. OBJECTIVE To assess the characteristics of patients with cutaneous tuberculosis treated at the Cassiano Antonio Moraes University Hospital, located in the city of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. METHODS This is a retrospective, descri...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a health problem worldwide. Cutaneous TB comprises a small fraction of all clinical forms of TB. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the disease pattern of cutaneous TB in an Asian country. Materials and Methods: Totally, 50 cases of cutaneous TB were diagnosed on histopathology in a tertiary care hospital over a period of 7 years. Relevant clinic...

To the Editor: Tuberculosis (TB) has been extensively described in association with various malignancies, especially Hodgkin’s disease (HD) [1]. When TB is accompanying malignant lymphomas is often characterized by an atypical clinical course, with unusual extrapulmonary localizations [2]. Clinical forms of cutaneous TB have been described: These are: the primary TB inoculation, lupus vulgaris ...

To cite: Gupta M, Gupta M, Kaur R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009058 DESCRIPTION Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) can occur as an isolated entity or along with a pulmonary focus as in disseminated tuberculosis. Although increasingly diagnosed nowadays owing to immunodeficiency states, EPTB never fails to surprise the medical community by...