Multifocal Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis: A Manifestation Extraordinary of Reactivation Secondary Tuberculosis

Skinmed. 2017 Apr 1;15(2):145-147. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

A BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin)-vaccinated 78-year-old man, a native Indian, reported with numerous asymptomatic, peanut-sized, dirty gray, elevated eruptions of 1 year's duration appearing over apparently normal skin on the upper and lower extremities (Figure 1). The onset of the eruptions had been sudden, but they had progressed slowly. A history of cough and/or expectoration, evening rise of temperature, night sweats, or loss of appetite and weight was denied.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Dermatitis, Exfoliative / diagnosis*
  • Dermatitis, Exfoliative / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lower Extremity
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / drug therapy*
  • Upper Extremity

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents