Lupus Vulgaris Revealing Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Siham Belmourida, Z Mehsas, Hindo Palamino, Meriame Meziane, Nabil Ismaili, Laïla Benzekri, Badredine Hassam, Karima Senouci
Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research · 2020-01
Abstract
Cutaneous tuberculosis is rare, it accounts for 2% of all extrapulmonary tuberculosis and is one of the multiple clinical presentations of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The lupus vulgaris is a particular clinical form and is often represented by a single lesion, the multiple forms associated with pulmonary tuberculosis are rare. We present a new case of multiple skin lesions of the face of a lupus vulgaris revealing pulmonary tuberculosis.
MeSH terms
- Lupus vulgaris
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Cutaneous tuberculosis
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
- Dermatology
- Lesion
- Pathology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Immunology