title: [Cutaneous eyelid tuberculosis--a case report].
abstract: Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attacks the lungs, but it can also affects other human organs or tissues. Localization of tuberculosis out of respiratory system is very rare and sometimes difficult to establish. Our patient finally diagnosed as lid tuberculosis with negative tuberculin reaction and clinical presentation as basal cell carcinoma of the lids, is a strong argument for that.
authors.affiliation: Z Kliniki Okulistyki i Rehabilitacji Wzrokowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. a_wyrwicka@wp.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wyrwicka
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minias
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jurowski
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents