Open AccessMultifocal tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
Author(s) -
Jiby Rajan,
Ashok Thomas Mathai,
P. V. S. Prasad,
P K Kaviarasan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.82500
Subject(s) - medicine , cutis , cutaneous tuberculosis , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , dermatology , pathology
Tuberculosis has been a well-known affliction of human kind, since antiquity. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes only a small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis and multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is an even rarer manifestation. We report one such case of multifocal tuberculosis verrucosa cutis in a 17-year old male patient in the absence of any primary tuberculous focus.