| Literature DB >> 24470667 |
Sangita Ghosh1, Kamal Aggarwal1, Vijay Kumar Jain1, Soumik Chaudhuri2, Epsita Ghosh3.
Abstract
Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis (TVC) is a common cutaneous form of paucibacillary tuberculosis in an individual with moderate to high degree of immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Clinical appearance of TVC is mostly very typical with well-defined warty plaques presenting mostly on hands, knees, ankle, and buttocks; however several atypical morphology of the lesions have also been described. We hereby report a case of TVC, masquerading as asymptomatic diffuse keratoderma of left foot for nine months, in an otherwise healthy individual, obstructing easy diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis. Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology.Entities:
Keywords: Diffuse keratoderma; tuberculosis verrucosa cutis; warty tuberculosis
Year: 2014 PMID: 24470667 PMCID: PMC3884935 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.123511
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Dermatol ISSN: 0019-5154 Impact factor: 1.494