Bilateral inguinal scrofuloderma during steroid therapy in a patient with bullous pemphigoid.
This report described a case of scrofuloderma that developed in the bilateral inguinal regions during treatment of bullous pemphigoid with systemic corticosteroid. Analysis of the literature on scrofuloderma between 1978-1993 disclosed that the number of cases with extracervical involvement are increasing. Immunosuppression could disseminate tuberculous focuses, resulting in extracervical involvement of SD connected with the underlying extrapulmonary tuberculous lesions.
Kawabata
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E
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Morita
K
K
Matsuyoshi
N
N
Ohta
K
K
Okamoto
H
H
Ikai
K
K
Imamura
S
S
D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone