Multifocal polymorphous cutaneous tuberculosis with Poncet's disease: A case report

Khushboo Verma; Gauri Padmawar; Bhushan Madke; Twinkle Singh Thakur; Kunal Gupta

doi:10.1016/j.jctube.2023.100356

Multifocal polymorphous cutaneous tuberculosis with Poncet's disease: A case report

J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2023 Feb 23:31:100356. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2023.100356. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Khushboo Verma¹, Gauri Padmawar¹, Bhushan Madke¹, Twinkle Singh Thakur¹, Kunal Gupta¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (ETB) involving skin with multiple lesions is an uncommon presentation of mycobacterial infection. Cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) having multiple lesions with Poncet's disease (tuberculous Rheumatism) is rarely reported. We hereby report a multifocal cutaneous tuberculosis with Poncet's disease in a 19-year-old immunocompetent female.

Keywords: Anti-tuberculous treatment; Cutaneous tuberculosis; Poncet’s disease; Tropical infections; Tuberculosis control.

Publication types

Case Reports