[Metastatic tubercular abscesses (tuberculous gumma): an unusual diagnosis in France].
BACKGROUND
Cutaneous tuberculosis is rare in the developed countries. We report a case of tuberculous gumma in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed late.


METHODS
A 33-year-old Moroccan woman was diagnosed with tuberculous gumma after presenting cutaneous nodules and subcutaneous abscesses that had developed during pregnancy and were present for 11 months. Cutaneous and pulmonary tuberculosis was discovered. The patient recovered under antimycobacterial treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Cutaneous tuberculosis presents with a wide spectrum of clinical lesions. It should be considered in the presence of poorly known lesions such as gumma, which require investigation for underlying tuberculosis.
Bachmeyer
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C
Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Tenon, Paris, France. claude.bachmeyer@tnn.ap-hop-paris.fr
Ammouri
W
W
Moguelet
P
P
Charoud
A
A
Buot
G
G
Grateau
G
G
Caumes
E
E
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications