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Erythema gyratum repens with pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
BARBER P.V.,
DOYLE L.,
VICKERS D.M.,
HUBBARD H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1978.tb06543.x
Subject(s) - medicine , clearance , pathology , lung , erythema multiforme , repens , dermatology , biology , urology , botany
SUMMARY A 63‐year‐old man presented with erythema gyratum repens of 7 months'duration. A cavitating mass at the right lung apex was resected and proved to be tuberculous. Following the resection, the skin lesions cleared within a few days. Erythema gyratum repens has not previously been described in association with non‐malignant visceral pathology. The pathogenesis remains obscure but cannot be related specifically to a response to tumour cells or their products in view of the association reported here. The condition bears no resemblance to any known tuberculide.