Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis accompanied by pulmonary tuberculosis.
We report the case of a 50-year-old male with a rare combination: pulmonary tuberculosis and cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The patient sought emergency treatment presenting with headache, arthralgia, cutaneous rash, and weight loss (4 kg) in the last 20 days. A chest X-ray, performed in a previous outpatient visit, revealed cavitation in the middle and upper lobes of the right lung, as confirmed by computed tomography. Sputum smear microscopy (Ziehl-Neelsen staining) was positive in three consecutive samples, and the result of the skin lesion biopsy was consistent with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The patient was therefore diagnosed with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis accompanied by pulmonary tuberculosis. Our objective was to describe a combination rarely reported in the medical literature and to discuss the possible pathogenic mechanisms of this combination.
Carvalho
Maurício
M
Federal University of Paraná Hospital de Clínicas, Curitiba, Brazil.
Dominoni
Robson Luiz
RL
Senchechen
Denise
D
Fernandes
Artur Furlaneto
AF
Burigo
Ismael Paulo
IP
Doubrawa
Eloisa
E
D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*