[Cutaneous vasculitis disclosing pulmonary tuberculosis].
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.
Martinez
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Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13.
Zeller
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V
Caumes
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E
Katlama
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C
Bricaire
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F
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology*