Sahel Medical Journal

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2014  |  Volume : 17  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 34--36

Lupus vulgaris associated with Scrofuloderma


Isha Preet Tuli1, Shikha Verma2, Binod Kumar Thakur2, Deepti Joshi3 
1 Department of ENT and HNS, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
2 Department of Dermatology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
3 Department of Pathology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Correspondence Address:
Isha Preet Tuli
Department of ENT and HNS, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim - 737 102
India

Lupus vulgaris is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis. It is even rarer for it to complicate scrofuloderma. We report a case of a 27-year-old man who had undergone a successful treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis presenting with scrofuloderma with lesions of lupus on the overlying skin. The Mantoux test was positive and initial chest X-ray did not show any active features of tuberculosis. Discharge from the lesion stained positive for acid fast bacilli. Multiple fine needle aspirations were inconclusive. However the histopathology of biopsied lesion revealed tuberculoid granuloma with Langhans giant cells. TThe patient improved with antitubercular therapy. We are presenting this case as a rare coexistence of scrofuloderma with lupus vulgaris.


How to cite this article:
Tuli IP, Verma S, Thakur BK, Joshi D. Lupus vulgaris associated with Scrofuloderma.Sahel Med J 2014;17:34-36


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Tuli IP, Verma S, Thakur BK, Joshi D. Lupus vulgaris associated with Scrofuloderma. Sahel Med J [serial online] 2014 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];17:34-36
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