title: Scrofuloderma of the scalp, psoas abscess, and caries spine: an unusual association.
abstract: An unusual association of scrofuloderma of the scalp, psoas abscess, and caries spine was seen in a 4-year-old girl. The diagnosis was confirmed by relative and absolute criteria. The peripheral T-lymphocytes and their subsets were within normal limits, although her immunohistopathological changes indicated an intermediary response across the spectrum depicting an unstable immunity. This may have been responsible for the silent spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the current association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Sehgal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chander
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karmakar
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications*