title: [Cutaneous vasculitis disclosing pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: We report the case of a patient with leukocytoclasic vasculitis that disclosed active pulmonary tuberculosis. This patient had no signs of systemic vasculitis. The clinical course was favorable with anti-tuberculosis drugs alone. There has been no recurrence at 8 months. Vasculitis associated with tuberculosis is uncommon. The pathophysiological mechanism remains uncertain. No immunosuppressor treatment is needed and the vasculitis generally regresses with treatment of the infection.
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zeller
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caumes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katlama
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bricaire
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology*