title: Multifocal childhood cutaneous tuberculosis: report of two interesting cases from Sikkim, India.
abstract: Cutaneous tuberculosis is an important health problem in developing countries such as India. Poverty, overcrowding, malnutrition, and ignorance are predisposing factors. The commonly seen variants of cutaneous tuberculosis are scrofuloderma, lupus vulgaris, and tuberculosis verrucosa cutis. Malnourished children may present with unusual forms of cutaneous tuberculosis. Herein we report two interesting cases of multifocal cutaneous tuberculosis in malnourished children.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Dermatology Pathology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Binod Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Amlan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology*