Open AccessDISSEMINATED CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS
Author(s) -
Д. В. Заславский,
Ю.С. Егорова,
И. Н. Чупров,
И. О. Оловянишников,
Я. Ю. Гурковская,
А А Сыдиков,
А. Л. Чужов,
Ю. Э. Овчинникова,
И. Ф. Довгалюк,
Анна Старшинова
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vestnik dermatologii i venerologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-6294
pISSN - 0042-4609
DOI - 10.25208/0042-4609-2018-94-2-69-77
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , cutaneous tuberculosis , cutis , medicine , lupus vulgaris , dermatology , pathology , immunology
Cutaneous tuberculosis is a clinically and morphologically heterogeneous group of skin diseases directly or indirectly caused by mycobacteria of the tuberculosis complex, occupying the 5th place among all localizations of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Manifestations of cutaneous tuberculosis are extremely diverse and depend on the immune status and ways of penetration of mycobacteria into the skin. Skin involvement can occur as a result of exogenous inoculation, contiguous spread from an adjacent focus, or hematogenous spread from other foci. Family cases of disseminated cutaneous tuberculosis are described. A combination of several clinical forms of cutaneous tuberculosis — scrofuloderma, tuberculosis cutis lichenoides (moniliformis scrophulosorum) and lupus — are observed in a 5 year old child with a family history of tuberculosis. The issues of pathogenesis and advanced methods of diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis are also discussed.