Concomitant metastatic cutaneous tuberculous abscesses and Pott disease in an immunocompetent patient.
Tuberculosis affects one-third of the world's population. The incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis including cutaneous and skeletal manifestations has increased in the last decades. The authors report a clinical case of concomitant metastatic cutaneous abscesses and Pott disease in an immunocompetent patient, a rare presentation of tuberculosis.
Clínica Universitária de Dermatologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisboa, Portugal. anaimarcos.pinto@gmail.com.
Ana
A
Marcos-Pinto
Tiago
T
Marques
António Pedro
AP
Machado
Luís
L
Soares-de-Almeida
Paulo
P
Filipe
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001174:Arthrodesis; D003646:Debridement; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D004977:Ethambutol; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin